Globalization and Recruitment Strategies for International Medical Graduate Physicians: A Perspective

Abstract

As a process of integration and exchange of information, technology, and workforce, globalization has been ongoing in many areas, including medicine, for decades. Globalization, especially in medical education, is becoming clearly bi- or multidirectional. The most pronounced and important aspect of globalization in medicine and psychiatry has been the migration of health care workers, namely physicians and nurses. Globalization has led to modifications in the ways that people in general and medical professionals in particular communicate—such as through the development of Web-based social media, including blogs (e.g., Wordpress and Livejournal) and social networks (e.g., Facebook and Twitter). Telepsychiatry has emerged as another possible global tool and a means of communication and can be utilized by, for example, mental health care providers in the UK to assess and treat mental health service users in a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon. The migration of health care workers remains a major and extremely important aspect of globalization in medicine, including psychiatry. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)