Dr Mariska Mannes: Lead author of the Otago University study on the adjustment difficulties faced by migrant doctors
The Mike Hosking Breakfast · Newstalk ZB
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Show Notes
We're being told helping international doctors adjust is about more than just medical competence.
An Otago university study has found New Zealand is at risk of losing its international doctors if cultural integration practices don't improve.
Lead author Doctor Mariska Mannes says many want to be here but feel there's no support in helping them figure out how things work.
She says most of them say if there were some adjustment tools, it would make life a lot easier.
Mannes says that every year the Medical Council measures how many doctors leave, but not why.
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