Choices of Specialties and Training Sites among Taiwanese Physicians Graduating from Polish Medical Schools

Tzu-Ling Weng, Feng-Yuan Chu, Chiao-Lin Li and Tzeng-Ji Chen
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Tzu-Ling Weng: Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan
Feng-Yuan Chu: School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan
Chiao-Lin Li: Department of Family Medicine, Taipei City Hospital Yangming Branch, Taipei 111, Taiwan
Tzeng-Ji Chen: Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 6, 1-11

Abstract: Taiwanese students who graduated from Polish medical schools (P-IMGs) accounted for the second-largest group of international medical graduates in Taiwan. In 2009, domestic medical students in Taiwan staged mass demonstrations against P-IMG’s exemption from the qualifying test before the licensing exam. Although medical circles in Taiwan might still hold prejudices against P-IMGs, little is known about their career development. This study will analyze P-IMGs’ choices of specialties and training sites from 2000 to 2020 using data from the membership section of the Taiwan Medical Journal, the monthly official publication of the Taiwan Medical Association. Of 372 P-IMGs, 34.2% chose internal medicine and 17.1% surgery. Although academic medical centers offered 76% of all available trainee positions in a year, only 49.3% of P-IMGs received training there. By contrast, 20.9% of P-IMGs were trained at nonmetropolitan hospitals that altogether accounted for only 5.8% of trainee positions. In conclusion, P-IMGs had their residency training at less favorable specialties and sites. Their long-term career development deserves further study.

Keywords: career choices; international medical graduates; Polish medical school; residency; specialty; Taiwan; urbanization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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