Mobilizing the IMG

What is an IMG?

International medical graduates as a percentage of the physician workforce, California, 2009.

International medical graduates (IMGs) are physicians who have graduated from medical schools outside the United States. They already make up a substantial portion of both the national and California physician workforce.

The IMG potential for physician shortages

IMGs play an important role in connection with physician shortages.

First in the nation

The UCLA IMG Program is the first in the nation to provide a structured curricular and clinical environment for IMGs to prepare for the multi-part U.S. Medical Licensing Examinations (USMLE), and to compete successfully for a position in a California Family Medicine residency program.