Table 1 Numbers of specialists who have undertaken foreign training from January 2006 to June 2009
Specialty | Number of specialists in Sri Lanka (by 2010) | Number of specialists who undertook foreign training from 2006 to 2009 | Number (%) of specialists who migrated from 2006 to 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
Internal medicine and other medical specialties | 281 | 156 | 23 (15) |
General surgery and other surgical specialties | 201 | 67 | 14 (21) |
Anesthesia | 82 | 51 | 10 (20) |
Psychiatry | 18 | 38 | 5 (13) |
Other specialties | 460 | 267 | 24 (9) |
Total | 1,042 | 579 | 76 (13) |