title: Professional integration as a process of professional resocialization: internationally educated health professionals in Canada.
abstract: This paper examines the process of professional resocialization among internationally educated health care professionals (IEHPs) in Canada. Analyzing data from qualitative interviews with 179 internationally educated physicians, nurses, and midwives and 70 federal, provincial and regional stakeholders involved in integration of IEHPs, we examine (1) which aspects of professional work are modified in transition to a new health care system; (2) which aspects of professional practice are learned by IEHPs in the new health environment, and (3) how IEHPs maintain their professional identity in transition to a new health care system. In doing so, we compare the accounts of IEHPs with the policy stakeholders' positions and analyze the similarities and the differences across three health care professions (medicine, nursing, and midwifery). This enables us to explore the issue of professional resocialization from the analytical intersection of gender, professional dominance, and institutional/organizational lenses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, McMaster University, KTH-633, 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M4, Canada. Electronic address: neitee@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Neiterman
authors.affiliation: Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, 1 Stewart St. Room 227, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada(1); Health Human Resource Policy, University of Ottawa, 1 Stewart St. Room 227, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada(2)(3); Ontario Health Human Resource Research Network & Population Health Improvement Research Network (PHIRN), University of Ottawa, 1 Stewart St. Room 227, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada(4). Electronic address: ivy.bourgeault@uottawa.ca.
authors.forename: Ivy Lynn
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Bourgeault
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D003906:Developing Countries; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005550:Foreign Medical Graduates / Q000523:psychology*; D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008297:Male; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education*; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D010819:Physician's Role / Q000523:psychology; D012933:Social Identification; D012951:Socialization
keywords: Canada; International medical graduates; Internationally educated health care professionals; Internationally educated nurses; Internationally trained midwives; Migration; Professional integration; Professional socialization