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01.01.2016 | Original Article

Does a host country capture knowledge of migrant doctors and how might it? A study of UK doctors in New Zealand

verfasst von: Robin Gauld, Simon Horsburgh

Erschienen in: International Journal of Public Health | Ausgabe 1/2016

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Abstract

Objectives

To investigate International Medical Graduate (IMG) perspectives on opportunities to share technical knowledge and professional experience with host country professionals and mechanisms for this.

Methods

All IMGs from the UK registered with the New Zealand Medical Council who had arrived within the decade to 2014 were surveyed (n = 1357). The main outcome measures were respondent perceptions of host country receptivity to their potential knowledge contribution, and mechanisms through which knowledge might be shared.

Results

The survey response rate was 47 % (n = 632). 82 % of respondents agreed colleagues had been receptive to their knowledge contribution; 67 % felt they had been encouraged to share professional knowledge gained abroad; 60 % agreed they had been encouraged to share knowledge of the UK or other health systems. Only 45 % believed there were clear mechanisms in place for knowledge sharing. Statistically significant differences by age and professional practice designation were found.

Conclusions

Knowledge transfer in the New Zealand context appeared to be relatively ad hoc. Options for improving knowledge transfer include formal organisational arrangements, use of knowledge brokers and building communities of practice in different areas.

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Titel: Does a host country capture knowledge of migrant doctors and how might it? A study of UK doctors in New Zealand
verfasst von: Robin Gauld
Simon Horsburgh
Publikationsdatum: 01.01.2016
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in: International Journal of Public Health / Ausgabe 1/2016
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Elektronische ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0770-z

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