![]() Pull factors include the: financial benefits of attending an offshore medical school geographic location and environment of training in the Caribbean training quality and effectiveness and the potential to practice medicine in one’s home country. Push factors include the: shortages of physicians in the US and Canada that require new medical trainees and low acceptance rates at medical schools in intended students’ home countries. We found two push and four pull factors present across most offshore medical school websites. ![]() We reviewed 38 English-language Caribbean offshore medical school websites in order to extract and record content pertaining to push and pull factors. Dominant messages included frequent references to push and pull factors intended to encourage potential applicants to consider attending an offshore medical school. We conducted a qualitative thematic analysis to discern the dominant messages found on offshore medical school websites. After graduation, international medical graduates can encounter challenges obtaining residency placements and can face other barriers related to practice. ![]() This growing industry attracts many medical students from the US and Canada who wish to return home to practice medicine. Offshore medical schools are for-profit, private enterprises located in the Caribbean that provide undergraduate medical education to students who must leave the region for postgraduate training and also typically to practice.
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