Medical Education Unit, School of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Department of General Practice, School of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
PLoS One. 2024 Nov 13;19(11):e0305014. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305014. eCollection 2024.
An international medical graduate (IMG) is a doctor who has received their basic medical qualification from a medical school located in a different country from that in which they practice or intend to practice. IMGs are known to face difficulties in their working lives, including differential attainment in assessment. The objective of this review is to map key concepts and types of evidence in academic and gray literature relating to international medical graduates' experiences of clinical competency assessment and to identify knowledge gaps on this topic by systematically searching, selecting, and synthesizing existing knowledge. All studies will relate to IMGs. The concept of interest will be IMGs' experiences of assessment. The context will be postgraduate, licensing or credentialing medical assessments of clinical competence. This review will be conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology for scoping reviews. Seven electronic databases will be searched for literature published between 2009 and 2024: the Australian Education Index, British Education Index, ERIC, PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, and SocINDEX. Gray literature will be searched using Google, Google Scholar, and published reports from postgraduate training bodies and medical licensing organizations. Documents will be independently screened, selected, and extracted by two researchers using a piloted data-extraction tool. Data will be analyzed and presented in tables and in a narrative format. Trial resgistration: Scoping review registration: Open Science Framework: https://osf.io/8gdm7.
国际医学毕业生（IMG）是指在与他们行医或打算行医的国家不同的国家获得基本医学资格的医生。IMG 在工作生活中面临困难，包括评估方面的差异。本综述的目的是绘制与国际医学毕业生临床能力评估相关的学术和灰色文献中的关键概念和证据类型图，并通过系统地搜索、选择和综合现有知识来确定该主题的知识空白。所有研究都将涉及 IMG。感兴趣的概念将是 IMG 对评估的体验。背景将是研究生、许可或认证的临床能力评估。本综述将按照 Joanna Briggs 研究所（JBI）的范围综述方法进行。将在 2009 年至 2024 年期间在七个电子数据库中搜索文献：澳大利亚教育索引、英国教育索引、ERIC、PubMed、PsycINFO、Scopus 和 SocINDEX。将使用 Google、Google Scholar 和研究生培训机构和医学许可组织发布的报告搜索灰色文献。文件将由两名研究人员使用经过试点的数据分析工具进行独立筛选、选择和提取。数据将以表格和叙述格式进行分析和呈现。试验注册：范围综述注册：开放科学框架：https://osf.io/8gdm7。
