Reversing the Medical Brain Drain
With physicians already scarce worldwide, demand for foreign-born doctors in the US and the UK is stretching developing and middle-income countries’ medical resources to the breaking point. Reversing this trend requires restructuring medical training to direct doctors to where they are most needed.
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GRENADA – With physicians already scarce worldwide, demand for foreign-born doctors in the United States and the United Kingdom is stretching developing and middle-income countries’ medical resources to the breaking point. In the US, for example, the shortfall of physicians could grow to nearly 95,000 by 2025, equivalent to 43% of all doctors working today.