title: Psychotherapy training for IMGs: attending to the "how to" and "what to" teach.
abstract: International Medical Graduates (IMGs) make up a significant portion of the United States and Canadian workforce, and are well represented in psychiatry residency training programs. A review of the literature indicates that before entering residency training, many IMGs have minimal exposure to the behavioral sciences and poor communication skills-training; significant issues for learning psychotherapy. Given the lack of clear direction in the literature, this article presents empirically-informed guidelines relevant to the training of International Medical Graduates in psychotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. weerasek@mcmaster.ca
authors.forename: Priyanthy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weerasekera
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D005550:Foreign Medical Graduates; D006801:Humans; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education*; D012650:Self Disclosure