Additional Information about IMGs
Johnson KE, Hagopian A, Veninga C, Fordyce MA, Hart LG (2005). The changing geography of Americans graduating from foreign medical schools. Acad Med. In press. The working paper is available. Hagopian, A.; Ofosu, A.; Fatusi, A.; Biritwum, R.; Essel, A.; Hart, LG.; Watts, C. (2005). The flight of physicians from West Africa: Views of African physicians and implications for policy. Social Science and Medicine 61: 1750-1760. The paper is available. Hart LG, Skillman SM, Hagopian A, Fordyce M, Thompson M, Konrad R. (2005). International medical graduate (IMG) physicians in the U.S.: Changes since 1981. Paper presented to the International Symposium on Past and Future Trends of Health Workforce, sponsored by the Institut d'Estudis de la Salut and the World Health Organization, April 21-23, Barcelona, Spain. The working paper and summary are available. Hagopian A, Thompson MJ, Kaltenbach E, Hart LG (2004). The role of international medical graduates in America's small rural critical access hospitals. Journal of Rural Health 20(1):52-8. Link to article. Hagopian, A.; Thompson, M.J.; Fordyce, M.; Johnson, K.E.; Hart, L.G. (2004). The migration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States of America: measures of the African brain drain.Human Resources for Health , 2, 17. Link to article. Hagopian A, Thompson MJ, Johnson KE, Lishner DM (October 2003). International medical graduates in the United States: A review of the literature 1995 to 2003. WWAMI Center for Health Workforce Studies Working Paper #83. The paper is available. Johnson KE, Kaltenbach E, Hoogstra K, Thompson MJ, Hagopian A, Hart LG (August 2003). How international medical graduates enter U.S. graduate medical education or employment. WWAMI Center for Health Workforce Studies Working Paper #76. The working paper is available. Hagopian A, Thompson MJ, Kaltenbach E, Hart LG (2003). Health departments' use of international medical graduates in physician shortage areas. Health Affairs 22(5):241-249. Link to article.