FOREIGN PHYSICIANS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1966 According to the American Medical Association, more than 44,000 graduates of medical schools outside the United States were practicing medicine or taking advanced training in this country in 1966. About 13 percent of these graduates were women. The fact that the proportion of women among these foreign physicians exceeds the proportion of women among graduates of U.S. medical schools may be due in part to the availability of advanced or specialty training in this country or to the lack of it in other countries. It may also reflect the fact that women comprise a larger share of the graduates of medical schools in certain foreign countries. Women accounted for a fifth or more of the foreign physicians from 10 countries, located mainly in the Far East or Eastern Europe. They comprised between 10 and 20 percent in 11 countries, 5 to 10 percent in 17 countries, and less than 5 percent in the remaining 6 countries. GRADUATES OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, PRACTICING IN THE UNITED STATES, 1966 1 Persons serving as interns and residents are included. *Includes graduates from countries reporting less than 100 graduates in this country, not listed separately. Source: American Medical Association. WOMEN GRADUATES OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN OTHER COUNTRIES, 1965 According to questionnaires returned by member organizations and presented at the 10th Congress of the Medical Women's International Association, the Republic of Germany had the highest proportion of women among its medical school graduates-36 percent in 1965. In four other countries and the combined group of England, Wales, and Scotland, women accounted for about one-fourth or more of the medical school graduates. In 10 additional countries which reported the proportion of women among medical school graduates, they constituted between 10 and 20 percent of the total. Only 2 of the reporting countries had a smaller proportion of women among their graduates than the United States where the figure in 1965 was 7.3 percent. Further details on the individual countries may be obtained from the Women's Bureau. Country Germany. Austria. WOMEN GRADUATES OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN OTHER COUNTRIES, 1965 Source: Data compiled from questionnaires returned by member organizations and presented at the 10th Congress of Medical Women's International Association, Rochester, N.Y., July 9-15, 1966. WOMEN PHYSICIANS IN OTHER COUNTRIES, 1965 According to questionnaires returned by member organizations and presented at the 10th Congress of the Medical Women's International Association, women were about one-fourth of all physicians in 4 countries-Finland, Israel, Philippines, and Thailand. Moreover, they were between 10 and 20 percent of the physicians in 17 other reporting countries. In only three reporting countries were women a smaller proportion of all physicians than in the United States-6.7 percent in 1965. A chart based on the same information plus information on the United States shows that in 9 out of the 29 countries, or nearly one-third, women were between 10 and 15 percent of all physicians. In five countries, women were between 20 and 25 percent of all physicians; in two countries, they were less than 5 percent. Further details on the individual countries may be obtained from the Women's Bureau. |