Ideas, evidence, practice
Oct 2026
Why are Malta graduates treated as IMGs? QMUL's Malta campus meets GMC standards, yet the 2026 Act puts them in a reserve pool. Explained for IMGs.
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Oct 2026
An IMG builds a specialty training portfolio from day one by doing three things at once: completing at least one full audit cycle, leading a small quality improvement project from problem to remeasurement, and documenting teaching or mentoring. Each entry needs four things: a date, a supervisor who can vouch for it, a written reflection, […]
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Oct 2026
How to speak up about patient safety when you are new: an IMG doctor's honest guide to feedback, escalation and admitting mistakes in a foreign system.
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Oct 2026
Where should IMGs work? The question I am asked most often by international medical graduates is not how to pass an exam. It is where to go. Is the UK still worth it, or is that door closed? Is Denmark still an option? Should I look at Australia or Germany instead? So let me give […]
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Oct 2026
86% of IMGs had no mentor in their first NHS job. A practical, evidence based guide to finding mentors, peers and sponsors as an international doctor.
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Oct 2026
AI skills for doctors are no longer a side interest. In Doximity’s 2026 Physician Compensation Report, two thirds of physicians, 67 percent, said that staying current with AI tools will bring a meaningful earnings advantage over colleagues who do not adopt them during the next 12 months. The report, released on 25 August 2026, also […]
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Oct 2026
Denmark has frozen new authorisation applications for foreign doctors until 31 December 2026. Here is the five-step Danish authorisation process, what the quota zero means, who is exempt, and how to use the pause.
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Oct 2026
The Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026 requires UK training places to be offered first to UK graduates and defined priority groups. Nuffield Trust data shows non-priority specialty training acceptances fell from 28% to 1.8%.
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Oct 2026
Japanese researchers are asking the public to fund their science. On research crowdfunding Japan - what it can do, and why it can't replace public money.
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Oct 2026
Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine for optogenetics. A physician-researcher explains the discovery and why it matters.
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