Val E, Quick S
Am J Psychiatry. 1983 Feb;140(2):184-8. doi: 10.1176/ajp.140.2.184.
The participation of foreign medical graduates (FMGs) in American medicine is a longstanding phenomenon, yet the documentation of their role has been mainly impressionistic and anecdotal, particularly in psychiatry. Using the results of a survey on Board certification, the authors compared FMGs with U.S. medical graduates (USMGs) on several variables: demographic characteristics, attitudes toward certification, performance, and personal experience with the examination process. They found that FMGs are more similar than dissimilar to USMGs in attitudes, values, and opinions about certification. The authors conclude that the differences are not sufficiently remarkable to warrant some of the prevalent misconceptions about FMGs.
外国医学毕业生（FMGs）在美国医学领域的参与是一个长期存在的现象，然而，关于他们角色的记录主要是印象式和轶事性的，尤其是在精神病学领域。作者利用一项关于委员会认证的调查结果，在几个变量上对外国医学毕业生与美国医学毕业生（USMGs）进行了比较：人口统计学特征、对认证的态度、表现以及考试过程的个人经历。他们发现，外国医学毕业生在对认证的态度、价值观和观点上与美国医学毕业生更为相似而非不同。作者得出结论，这些差异并不显著到足以证明一些关于外国医学毕业生的普遍误解是合理的。
