International Medical Graduates in Psychiatry: Cultural Issues in Training and Continuing Professional Development

Laurence J Kirmayer¹, Sanjeev Sockalingam², Kenneth Po-Lun Fung³, William P Fleisher⁴, Ademola Adeponle⁵, Venkat Bhat⁶, Alpna Munshi⁷, Soma Ganesan⁸

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¹ 1 Professor and Director, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec; Editor-in-Chief, Transcultural Psychiatry; Director, Culture and Mental Health Research Unit, Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec.
² 2 Psychiatrist, Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Centre Researcher, Wilson Centre, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine and University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario.
³ 3 Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Clinical Director, Asian Initiative in Mental Health, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario.
⁴ 4 Director, Academic Affairs, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
⁵ 5 Resident in Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec.
⁶ 6 Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
⁷ 7 Assistant Professor and Director of International Medical Graduate Training, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
⁸ 8 Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Director, Crosscultural Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.

PMID: 29630854
PMCID: PMC5894917
DOI: 10.1177/0706743717752913

International Medical Graduates in Psychiatry: Cultural Issues in Training and Continuing Professional Development

Laurence J Kirmayer et al. Can J Psychiatry. 2018 Apr.

. 2018 Apr;63(4):258-280.

doi: 10.1177/0706743717752913.

Authors

Laurence J Kirmayer¹, Sanjeev Sockalingam², Kenneth Po-Lun Fung³, William P Fleisher⁴, Ademola Adeponle⁵, Venkat Bhat⁶, Alpna Munshi⁷, Soma Ganesan⁸

Affiliations

¹ 1 Professor and Director, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec; Editor-in-Chief, Transcultural Psychiatry; Director, Culture and Mental Health Research Unit, Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec.
² 2 Psychiatrist, Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Centre Researcher, Wilson Centre, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine and University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario.
³ 3 Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Clinical Director, Asian Initiative in Mental Health, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario.
⁴ 4 Director, Academic Affairs, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
⁵ 5 Resident in Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec.
⁶ 6 Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
⁷ 7 Assistant Professor and Director of International Medical Graduate Training, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
⁸ 8 Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Director, Crosscultural Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.

PMID: 29630854
PMCID: PMC5894917
DOI: 10.1177/0706743717752913

Abstract

A position paper developed by the Canadian Psychiatric Association's Education Committee and approved by the CPA's Board of Directors on August 15, 2016.

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