title: A peer support program for international medical graduates.
abstract: International medical graduates (IMGs) form a significant part of the Australian general practice workforce. Many experience social and professional problems and perform poorly inThe Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Fellowship Examination. This article reports on a pilot program in Mackay, north Queensland that addressed some of these issues.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice and Rural Medicine, James Cook University, Queensland. clare.heal@jcu.edu.au
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Heal
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration; D005550:Foreign Medical Graduates / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010379:Peer Group; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011793:Queensland; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*