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Korean Migrant Health Professionals with Clinical Experience in UAE Hospitals

UAE로 취업한 한인 의료직 종사자의 임상 경험

  • Youm, Jin-Young (Heart and Vascular Institute of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi) ;
  • Kim, Jung-Soo (Department of Radiological Technology, Dongnam Health University)
  • 염진영 (클리블랜드 클리닉 아부다비 심장혈관유닛) ;
  • 김정수 (동남보건대학교 방사선과)
  • Received : 2018.07.03
  • Accepted : 2018.08.22
  • Published : 2018.08.31
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Abstract

This study was intented as an investigation of the meaning of clinical experience for gapproach was used to investigate clinical experience for Korean health professionals, A total of 10 health professional immigrants working in UAE hospitals were selected who has experience in Korea over 2 years and UAE for 1 year. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, participant observation and questionnaire. The findings were created with four essential themes; struggling to adapt at workplace at the beginning, feeling frustrated to communicate with different languages, professional reputations as a specialist, a variety of opportunities for self-development supported from hospitals and caring system of staff's health. The results indicate that the Korean health professionals were able to develop capabilities and competency with clinical experience in UAE hospitals. The results of this study suggest that lived experimental evidence for Korean migrants of health professionals. A further direction of this study, will be expected to provide more experimental information for health professional immigrants to middle east.

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