Study information | Study Methods | Type of participants |
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Year of publications | Data collection methods n = studies | Professional groups n = studies |
1 January 2000 to 31 January 2017 | Interviews n = 24 Questionnaire surveys n = 8 Focus groups n = 6 Field Observations n = 3 | Internationally trained nurses (Nurses) n = 19 International medical graduates (Doctors) n = 8 International dental graduates (Dentists) n = 1 International nurses and doctors n = 3 |
Country | Methodological approach | Total sample size n = participants |
UK n = 27 UK + EU countries n = 1 UK + EU + International n = 2 UK + International (non EU) n = 1 | Explorative qualitative n = 7 Phenomenology n = 6 Mixed method n = 5 Interpretive phenomenology approach n = 4 Case study n = 3 Grounded theory n = 2 Ethnography n = 1 Not clear n = 3 | Nurses n = 2 202 Doctors n = 517 Dentists n = 5 |
Settings | Sampling | Country of primary qualification represented |
NHS hospitals n = 17 Nursing/care homes n = 4 Training programmes n = 3 Mixed setting n = 3 Primary care n = 2 Adaptation/induction programmes n = 2 | Purposive/theoretical n = 16 Random n = 8 Snowballing n = 4 Convenience n = 2 Not clear n = 1 | Outside EU: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Caribbean islands, China, Cuba, Egypt, Germany, Ghana, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Mauritius, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, USA, Zimbabwe EU: Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Netherlands |