Research and Reports on Internationally Educated Health Professionals

Resources and Reports on Internationally Educated Health Professionals

A wealth of literature has been published analyzing the sociopolitical, economic, and health contexts shaping the workforce integration of internationally educated health professionals (IEHPs) in Canada. Below, find a curated short-list of publications that have been assessed for methodological rigour, recency, relevance, and potential to inform further research, policy, or programmatic work advocating for improved employment outcomes for IEHPs.

Internationally Trained Physicians

Retention of Visa-Trainee Post-Graduate Residents in Canada: A Retrospective Cohort Study (Mathews et al. 2021)

Professional Integration of Immigrant Medical Professionals Through Alternative Career Pathways: An Internet Scan to Synthesize the Current Landscape (Tanvir C Turin et al. 2021)

What do We Know and Not Know About the Professional Integration of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in Canada? (Neiterman et al. 2017)

Conceptualizing Professional Diaspora: International Medical Graduates in Canada (Neiterman and Bourgeault 2017)

Doctors with Borders: Occupational Licensing as an Implicit Barrier to High Skill Migration (Brenton D. Peterson et al. 2014) (Note: U.S.-focused)

Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs)

Assessing the Contribution of Immigrants to Canada’s Nursing and Health Care Support Occupations: A Multi Scalar Analysis (Rafael Harun and Walton-Roberts Margaret 2021)

Does Care Count for Less? Tracing the Income Trajectories of Low Status Female Immigrant Workers in Canada, 1993–2015 (Naomi Lightman 2021)

Insights on Canadian Society: Profile of immigrants in Nursing and Health Care Support Occupations (Louis Cornelisson 2021)

Diversifying the Health Workforce: A Mixed Methods Analysis of an Employment Integration Strategy (Andrea Baumann et al. 2021)

Surviving the Employment Gap: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Internationally Educated Nurses (Christine L Covell et al. 2021)

Internationally Educated Nurses in Canada: Predictors of Workforce Integration (Christine L. Covell et al. 2017)

Strategic Practices for Hiring, Integrating and Retaining Internationally Educated Nurses: Employment Manual (Baumann A et al. 2017)

Migrant Nurses and Federal Caregiver Programs in Canada: Migration and Health Human Resources Paradox (Bukola Salami 2016)

Internationally Educated Health Professionals (General, All Professions/Multiple Professions)

Improving the Attraction and Retention of Internationally Educated Healthcare Professionals in Small and Rural Communities (Melissa Kelly et al. 2022)

(Re)Producing “Whiteness” in Health Care: A Spatial Analysis of the Critical Literature on the Integration of Internationally Educated Health Care Professionals in the Canadian Workforce (Timothy O Mickleborough and Maria Athina Tina Martimianakis 2021)

Health Inequities Between Immigrant and Canadian-Born Labour Force Participants: A Cross-Sectional Study (Farah N. Mawani et al. 2021)

The Shield of Professional Status: Comparing Internationally Educated Nurses’ and International Medical Graduates’ Experiences of Discrimination (Neiterman and Bourgeault 2015)

Professional Integration as a Process of Professional Resocialization: Internationally Educated Health Professionals in Canada (Neiterman and Bourgeault 2015)