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The medical passport.

Sue Ineson1, Stephen S Seeling

  • 1Medical Council of New Zealand, New Zealand.

The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
|August 5, 2005
PubMed
Summary
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A proposed medical passport aims to streamline international physician registration. This system requires practitioners to meet gold-standard requirements for expedited cross-border movement and knowledge sharing.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Regulation
  • International Healthcare Mobility
  • Physician Licensure

Background:

  • The International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities established a Working Group on Medical Passports in 2002.
  • The initiative addresses the need for a streamlined process for highly qualified medical practitioners relocating between jurisdictions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a fast-track registration process for physicians moving internationally.
  • To define gold-standard requirements for a medical passport system.

Main Methods:

  • Establishing a working group to define core educational, examination, and practice requirements.
  • Developing a framework for a "medical passport" for eligible practitioners.

Main Results:

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  • Significant progress has been made in defining the standards for a medical passport.
  • The proposed system aims to facilitate physician mobility and knowledge dissemination.

Conclusions:

  • A medical passport system has the potential to ease the movement of qualified physicians globally.
  • Further study is required to address outstanding issues before the system can be piloted.