Introduction: Canada relies on international medical graduates (IMGs) to provide a significant proportion of primary care in rural communities. However, retaining IMGs in rural practices across Canada remains a challenge. We explored the literature to learn what factors influence IMGs' retention in rural practice and what has been recommended in the literature to address these factors.
Methods: We focused search strategies on peer-reviewed literature sources (between 01 January 2012, and 31 December 2023) that explored and identified factors connected to the rural practice retention of IMGs in Canada (and areas transferable to the Canadian context).
Results: Twenty of 1002 articles were selected. Factors were categorised as structural, professional, family, community and personal. Structural barriers identified included overall lack of support, limited access to tertiary care centres and unsustainable model of care. Professional challenges included physician burnout, limited mobility and limited scope of practice. Conversely, community integration, opportunities for spousal employment and accessible schools for children were the common facilitators of IMG retention. Key recommendations to enhance IMG retention that were identified, included: (1) providing fair contracts, funding supports, and balanced workloads; (2) having community-directed recruitment models to match physician expectations for income level, workload and spousal employment and (3) having physician-led retention support groups to help physicians adequately settle in.
Conclusion: This study identified the barriers and facilitators to IMG retention in rural medicine and mapped out evidence-based recommendations for each factor. Engaging and tailoring support strategies unique to the needs of IMGs in rural communities would improve IMG retention.
Introduction: Le Canada compte sur les diplômés internationaux en médecine (DIM) pour fournir une part importante des soins primaires dans les communautés rurales. Cependant, la rétention des DIM dans les pratiques rurales à travers le Canada reste un défi. Nous avons exploré la littérature pour connaître les facteurs qui influencent la rétention des diplômés internationaux en médecine (DIM) dans la pratique rurale et ce qui a été recommandé dans la littérature pour aborder ces facteurs.
Mthodes: Nous avons axé nos stratégies de recherche sur des sources de documentation évaluées par des pairs (entre le 1er janvier 2012 et le 31 décembre 2023) qui exploraient et identifiaient des facteurs liés au maintien des DIM dans la pratique rurale au Canada, ainsi que les domaines transférables au contexte canadien.
Rsultats: Sur 1 002 articles, vingt ont été sélectionnés. Les facteurs ont été classés en cinq catégories: structurels, professionnels, familiaux, communautaires et personnels. Les ob
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