Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 21;19(6):3727. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063727.
Taiwanese students who graduated from Polish medical schools (P-IMGs) accounted for the second-largest group of international medical graduates in Taiwan. In 2009, domestic medical students in Taiwan staged mass demonstrations against P-IMG's exemption from the qualifying test before the licensing exam. Although medical circles in Taiwan might still hold prejudices against P-IMGs, little is known about their career development. This study will analyze P-IMGs' choices of specialties and training sites from 2000 to 2020 using data from the membership section of the Taiwan Medical Journal, the monthly official publication of the Taiwan Medical Association. Of 372 P-IMGs, 34.2% chose internal medicine and 17.1% surgery. Although academic medical centers offered 76% of all available trainee positions in a year, only 49.3% of P-IMGs received training there. By contrast, 20.9% of P-IMGs were trained at nonmetropolitan hospitals that altogether accounted for only 5.8% of trainee positions. In conclusion, P-IMGs had their residency training at less favorable specialties and sites. Their long-term career development deserves further study.
在台湾的国际医学毕业生中，来自波兰医学院的台湾学生（P-IMGs）占比第二。2009 年，台湾当地医学生曾大规模抗议 P-IMG 可免考专长考试直接获取行医执照。尽管台湾的医疗界可能仍对 P-IMG 抱有偏见，但人们对他们的职业发展知之甚少。本研究将利用《台湾医学杂志》会员部分的资料，对 2000 年至 2020 年期间 P-IMG 的专业选择和培训地点进行分析。在 372 名 P-IMG 中，34.2%选择内科，17.1%选择外科。尽管学术医疗中心在一年内提供了 76%的培训名额，但只有 49.3%的 P-IMG 在那里接受了培训。相比之下，20.9%的 P-IMG 在非大都市医院接受培训，而这些医院总共只占培训名额的 5.8%。总之，P-IMG 接受住院医师培训的专业和地点都不太理想。他们的长期职业发展值得进一步研究。
