A time-to-practice metric for refugee clinician integration in receiving health systems: England as a worked example
Patrick Kierkegaard · 2026
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Patrick Kierkegaard wrote a 2026 journal article proposing a fair way to time how long refugee doctors take to return to practice. Many refugee clinicians already live in the receiving country, but their route back to licensed work is scattered across small schemes. England serves as his worked example.
He argues no one currently owns the full count of people, milestones, or delays, so the path cannot be improved. His time-to-practice measure starts a clock at formal registration on a pathway. It then marks two auditable steps: the first paid supervised placement, and full registration to practice. He stresses the measure tracks system delay, not a doctor's skill or worth.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Patrick Kierkegaard |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30830 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |