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- Table 1: Characteristics of a cohort of international medical graduates who passed the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination Part I between 2005 and 2010 (cohort 1) and a cohort of international medical graduates who entered a family medicine postgraduate program between 2005 and 2009 or specialty postgraduate program in 2005 or 2006 (cohort 2)
Characteristic No. (%) of graduates Cohort 1
n = 6925Cohort 2
n = 1214Milestone Obtained postgraduate position 2144 (31.0) - Passed Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination Part II - 1126 (92.8) Obtained specialty designation - 889 (73.2) Type of international medical graduate Canadian graduate of Western or Caribbean medical school 649 (9.4) 196 (16.1) Canadian graduate of other medical school 1375 (19.9) 382 (31.5) Non-Canadian graduate of Western or Caribbean medical school 229 (3.3) 25 (2.0) Non-Canadian graduate of other medical school 4672 (67.5) 611 (50.3) Sex Female 3185 (46.0) 673 (55.4) Male 3739 (54.0) 541 (44.6) Missing 1 (0.0) 0 (0.0) Age Younger 2329 (33.6) 462 (38.0) Older 4562 (65.9) 752 (61.9) Unknown 34 (0.5) 0 (0.0) Had skills assessment 2482 (35.8) 302 (24.9) Specialty type Family medicine 880 (12.7) 852 (70.2) Specialist 1264 (18.2) 362 (29.8) Unknown 4781 (69.0) 0 (0.0) First rank Resident - 1123 (92.5) Fellow - 91 (7.5) - Table 2: Characteristics of international medical graduates who obtained or did not obtain a postgraduate position, passed or did not pass the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination Part II, and obtained or did not obtain a specialty designation
Characteristic Milestone; no. (%) of graduates Obtained postgraduate position* p value Passed Qualifying Examination Part II†
n = 1126p value Obtained specialty designation†
n = 889p value Yes No Yes No Yes No Type of international medical graduate Canadian graduate of Western or Caribbean medical school 430 (20.1) 219 (4.6) < 0.001 180 (16.0) 16 (18.2) 0.3 158 (17.8) 38 (11.7) 0.01 Canadian graduate of other medical school 486 (22.7) 889 (18.6) 362 (32.1) 20 (22.7) 280 (31.5) 102 (31.4) Non-Canadian graduate of Western or Caribbean medical school 55 (2.6) 174 (3.6) 23 (2.0) 2 (2.3) 22 (2.5) 3 (0.9) Non-Canadian graduate of other medical school 1173 (54.7) 3499 (73.2) 561 (49.8) 50 (56.8) 429 (48.2) 182 (56.0) Sex Female 1107 (51.6) 2078 (43.5) < 0.001 643 (57.1) 30 (34.1) < 0.001 515 (57.9) 158 (48.6) 0.004 Male 1037 (48.4) 2702 (56.5) 483 (42.9) 58 (65.9) 374 (42.1) 167 (51.4) Age Younger 1049 (48.9) 1280 (26.8) < 0.001 425 (37.7) 37 (42.0) 0.4 359 (40.4) 103 (31.7) 0.006 Older 1094 (51.0) 3468 (72.5) 701 (62.2) 51 (58.0) 530 (59.6) 222 (68.3) Unknown 1 (0.0) 33 (0.7) Had skills assessment Yes 743 (34.6) 1739 (36.4) 0.2 293 (26.0) 9 (10.2) 0.001 206 (23.2) 96 (29.5) 0.02 No 1401 (65.3) 3042 (63.6) 833 (74.0) 79 (89.8) 683 (76.8) 229 (70.5) Specialty type Family medicine 880 (41.0) - < 0.001 817 (72.6) 35 (39.8) < 0.001 672 (75.6) 180 (55.4) < 0.001 Specialist 1264 (59.0) - 309 (27.4) 53 (60.2) 217 (24.4) 145 (44.6) No postgraduate position - 4781 (100.0) - - First rank Resident - - - 1071 (95.1) 52 (59.1) < 0.001 865 (97.3) 258 (79.4) < 0.001 Fellow - - 55 (4.9) 36 (40.9) 24 (2.7) 67 (20.6) *Passed Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination Part I between 2005 and 2010.
†First entered family medicine postgraduate program between 2005 and 2009 or specialty postgraduate program in 2005 or 2006.
Variable Milestone; OR (95% CI) Obtained postgraduate position Passed Qualifying Examination Part II Obtained specialty designation Sex Female 1.00 1.00 1.00 Male 0.74 (0.66-0.82) 0.44 (0.27-0.73) 0.74 (0.56-0.96) Age Younger 1.77 (1.57-2.00) 0.53 (0.31-0.90) NS Older 1.00 1.00 NS Unknown 0.03 (0.04-0.22) - NS Had skills assessment No 1.00 3.80 (1.75-8.26) 0.65 (0.48-0.89) Yes 1.15 (1.02-1.29) 1.00 1.00 Type of international medical graduate Canadian graduate of Western or Caribbean medical school 4.69 (3.82-5.71) NS NS Canadian graduate of other medical school 1.49 (1.31-1.70) NS NS Non-Canadian graduate of Western or Caribbean medical school 0.96 (0.70-1.32) NS NS Non-Canadian graduate of other medical school 1.00 NS NS Specialty type Family medicine NS NS 0.59 (0.44-0.80) Specialist NS NS 1.00 First rank Resident NS 1.00 1.00 Fellow NS 0.05 (0.03-0.09) 0.16 (0.09-0.26) Note: CI = confidence interval, NS = not significant/not included in model, OR = odds ratio.
*Adjusted for sex, age, had skills assessment, type of international medical graduate, specialty type and first rank.