Preparing international medical graduates for psychiatry residency: a multi-site needs assessment.

Objective: Despite the growing number of international medical graduates (IMGs) training in medicine in Canada and the United States, IMG-specific challenges early in psychiatry residency have not been fully explored. Therefore, the authors conducted a needs-assessment survey to determine the needs of IMGs transitioning into psychiatry residency.

Method: Using a 15-item online questionnaire, authors conducted a needs-assessment of IMG residents in five Canadian psychiatry residency programs.