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This review aims to examine the motivations, formats, outcomes, and barriers to the internationalisation of postgraduate medical education.

May 21, 2026Discover EducationOpen Access

Internationalisation of postgraduate medical education: a scoping review

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Scoping review maps themes and challenges in internationalisation of postgraduate medical education, indicating a need for better alignment.

This review aims to examine the motivations, formats, outcomes, and barriers to the internationalisation of postgraduate medical education.
Conducted a scoping review of literature from 2000-2023 across seven databases: PubMed, Web of Science, Ebscohost, Embase, Scopus, Google Scholar, and Ovid.
Screened 5,658 records, with 71 studies meeting the inclusion criteria for analysis.
Literature mainly reflects perspectives from the Global North, with a strong emphasis on trainee motivations like skill acquisition.
Diverse formats of mobility electives are identified, but outcomes are reported asymmetrically, focusing more on trainee benefits than host institution impacts.
Barriers cited include financial constraints, logistical challenges, and structural inequities between sending and host institutions.

Misra et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Scoping review maps themes and challenges in internationalisation of postgraduate medical education, indicating a need for better alignment.