We, from the Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, are doing a study on #IMGs regarding barriers to their licensure and alternative career and their potential contribution to the community health and wellness. We believe this will produce evidence with which we will be able to ask and advocate the policymakers for taking necessary measures to facilitate the integration of IMGs to the Canadian job market. Also, we will gain evidence-based knowledge on alternative career options (e.g., research, laboratory, echocardiography, USG tech etc.) for IMGs and the relevant skills they lack for these careers that will guide launching bridging/training programs down the road to help them achieving respective career successfully.
We are doing a #Canada_wide #online_survey among IMGs regarding these concerns as a first step towards potentially improve the IMG situation. Alberta International Medical Graduate Association (AIMGA) is our partner organization for this project. We will arrange a #raffle_draw within the participants (50 gift cards, each $10 worth).
It would be great if you could participate in the study and share the study link with your IMG connections.
The survey link: https://survey.ucalgary.ca/jfe/form/SV_00YiAEosvE9PDmJ
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Thanks and regards
Nashit Chowdhury
MBBS
Research Assistant
Department of Family Medicine
University of Calgary
AB, Canada