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Alberta International Medical Graduate Program Goals and Objectives

Goal 1: Communication The AIMG Program will have a communication strategy to keep its stakeholders appropriately informed of program processes, policies and outcomes. Objective 1.1: Provide IMGs with information about how to access available postgraduate medical education positions through the AIMG Program. Objective 1.2: Provide AIMG Program stakeholders with information about the AIMG Program.

Goal 2: Assessment The AIMG Program will have a rigorous, objective, and confidential mechanism for assessing the readiness of eligible IMGs to enter an available postgraduate medical education position. Objective 2.1: Assess the baseline skill sets of eligible IMGs to identify those that are qualified to enter an available postgraduate medical education position. Objective 2.2: Share responsibility with Residency Training Programs to assess the knowledge, skills and behaviours of qualified IMGs to identify those that are ready to enter an available post-graduate medical education position.

Goal 3: Orientation The AIMG Program will have a structured process for orienting qualified IMGs to Alberta’s health care and medical education systems. Objective 3.1: Share responsibility with Residency Training Programs to provide an orientation for qualified IMGs that will give them the opportunity to add to the knowledge, skills and behaviours they need to function successfully in Alberta’s health care and medical education systems.

Goal 4: Collaboration The AIMG Program will collaborate with programs and individuals that support, assess, orient and teach IMGs in Alberta and Canada in order to enhance program tools and processes. Objective 4.1: Share information as appropriate with programs and individuals that support, assess, orient and teach IMGs in order to enhance the AIMG Program.

Goal 5: Development The AIMG Program will engage in continuous quality improvement, seeking out and responding to opportunities to achieve its mission. Objective 5.1: Continually engage in research, evaluation and development activities that enhance the AIMG Program.