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The new F2 Programme for junior doctors in International Public Health Rebecca Hope and Fred Martineau compile the results of the Global Health Directions survey of career plans of Alma Mata members and introduce a new international health training programme for new doctors.
Out of Practice: The challenges facing refugee doctors in the UK In this issue’s Advocacy feature, Aska Leslie takes a look at another perspective of the ‘brain drain:’ the problems faced by doctors who have been forced to flee their home and their jobs to seek asylum in the UK and their struggle for professional recognition…and employment.
Crossing Borders: lobbying within the global health arena Is there a need to train doctors in international public health? Some would argue that countries like the
No-Brainer? The Health Professional Resource Drain. Health professional migration has recently been headline news in the UK. Charlotte Chamberlain writes about the growing phenomenon and investigates how it can be managed more effectively.
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