Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50308#.VDXf_1fHRK0 Author(s) Milton Kramer Affiliation(s) Psychiatry Department, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA . ABSTRACT The potential shortage of psychiatrists over the next 5 - 10 years has focused attention on the need to recruit more IMGs to fill the needs rather than use nurse practitioners or physician assistants. IMGs make up about 1/3 of first year psychiatry residents. These individuals have been found to provide services to the poor, the elderly and the psychotic. The quality of their medical work has been found to be satisfactory. The training needs of these physicians require an understanding on the part of...
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