Journal
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
Volume 131, Issue -, Pages 74-81Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.043
Keywords
Canada; Internationally educated health care professionals; International medical graduates; Internationally educated nurses; Internationally trained midwives; Migration; Professional integration; Professional socialization
Funding
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
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This paper examines the process of professional resocialization among internationally educated health care professionals (IEHPs) in Canada. Analyzing data from qualitative interviews with 179 internationally educated physicians, nurses, and midwives and 70 federal, provincial and regional stakeholders involved in integration of IEHPs, we examine (1) which aspects of professional work are modified in transition to a new health care system; (2) which aspects of professional practice are learned by IEHPs in the new health environment, and (3) how IEHPs maintain their professional identity in transition to a new health care system. In doing so, we compare the accounts of IEHPs with the policy stakeholders' positions and analyze the similarities and the differences across three health care professions (medicine, nursing, and midwifery). This enables us to explore the issue of professional resocialization from the analytical intersection of gender, professional dominance, and institutional/organizational lenses. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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