- Title
- Workplace-based assessment for international medical graduates: at what cost?
- Creator
- Nair, Balakrishnan (Kichu) R.; Searles, Andrew M.; Ling, Rod I.; Wein, Julie; Ingham, Kathy
- Relation
- Medical Journal of Australia Vol. 200, Issue 1, p. 41-44
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja13.10849
- Publisher
- Australasian Medical Publishing Company
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- Objective: To estimate the cost of resources required to deliver a program to assess international medical graduates (IMGs) in Newcastle, Australia, known as the Workplace Based Assessment (WBA) Program. Design and setting: A costing study to identify and evaluate the resources required and the overheads of delivering the program for a cohort of 15 IMGs, based on costs in 2012. Main outcome measures: Labour-related costs. Results: The total cost in 2012 for delivering the program to a typical cohort of 15 candidates was $243 384. This equated to an average of $16226 per IMG. After allowing for the fees paid by IMGs, the WBA Program had a deficit of $153384, or $10226 per candidate, which represents the contribution made by the health system. Conclusion: The cost per candidate to the health system of this intensive WBA program for IMGs is small.
- Subject
- cost of resources; international medical graduates; University of Newcastle, (NSW); Workplace Based Assessment (WBA) Program
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1066968
- Identifier
- uon:18312
- Identifier
- ISSN:0025-729X
- Language
- eng
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