Biomedical subjects

Yong-Lock Ong

Publications and source records attributed to Yong-Lock Ong.

5 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2006

A successful initiative for getting refugee doctors back into medical employment: the PRIME project.

Refugee doctors find it difficult to get back to medical work in their new countries. This article describes the setting up and evaluation of the Placing Refugee doctors In Medical Employment (PRIME) project which resulted in 15 out of 25 participants getting substantive jobs in open competition within a year, and suggests this approach should be more widely adopted.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗

PubMed2003

Inducting doctors from the European Union into the NHS.

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Education, Medical, Graduate↗

PubMed2003

Running an induction course.

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Education, Medical↗

PubMed2003

Helping refugee doctors get their first jobs: the pan-London clinical attachment scheme.

Refugee doctors are a potentially valuable addition to the medical workforce in the UK. Despite this, they often have trouble getting jobs. An innovative structured clinical attachment scheme resulted in 17 out of 29 refugee doctors being appointed to jobs. Details of the scheme and the factors which may have influenced this outcome are discussed in this article.

Career Choice↗

PubMed2002

Induction for overseas qualified doctors.

This study describes a strategy for the integration of overseas doctors with different professional and cultural backgrounds. A central induction course, complementing local trust-based induction programmes, was developed and evaluated by the London Deanery. Most participants found the course helpful, and their comments were used to further improve it.

Clinical Competence↗