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)
CharacteristicNo. (%) of graduates
Cohort 1
n = 6925		Cohort 2
n = 1214
Milestone
    Obtained postgraduate position2144 (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 school649 (9.4)196 (16.1)
Canadian graduate of other medical school1375 (19.9)382 (31.5)
Non-Canadian graduate of Western or Caribbean medical school229 (3.3)25 (2.0)
Non-Canadian graduate of other medical school4672 (67.5)611 (50.3)
Sex
    Female3185 (46.0)673 (55.4)
    Male3739 (54.0)541 (44.6)
    Missing1 (0.0)0 (0.0)
Age
    Younger2329 (33.6)462 (38.0)
    Older4562 (65.9)752 (61.9)
    Unknown34 (0.5)0 (0.0)
Had skills assessment2482 (35.8)302 (24.9)
Specialty type
    Family medicine880 (12.7)852 (70.2)
    Specialist1264 (18.2)362 (29.8)
    Unknown4781 (69.0)0 (0.0)
First rank
    Resident-1123 (92.5)
    Fellow-91 (7.5)