[...]... anniversary in 2007 It has reviewed and /or certified the credentials of over 500,000 internationally educated nurses and other health care professionals for U.S licensure and immigration The Official Guide for Foreign-Educated Allied Health Professionals This page intentionally left blank 1 Foreign-Educated Health Care Professionals in the United States Health Care System DEBORAH McNEIL WHITEHOUSE AND... Whitehouse and David D Gale present an overview of the current health care professional shortage in the United States and the employment of foreigneducated health professionals to respond to the shortages The history of foreign-educated health professionals in the U.S workforce and comparability of their professional education in the United States to education in other nations is discussed xv xvi Preface In... national origins The Act limited the number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of persons from that country who were already living in the United States based on the 1890 census 8 The Official Guide for Foreign-Educated Allied Health Professionals Approximately 86% of the 165,000 permitted entries were from the British Isles, France, Germany, and other Northern European... occupations for which there are few qualified, willing, and available U.S workers For Schedule A occupations, the Prevailing 10 The Official Guide for Foreign-Educated Allied Health Professionals Wage Determination request form that employers must complete goes directly to the U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for processing, bypassing the Department of Labor and streamlining the labor... with the foreign-educated health care professional in mind It is a definitive source for information on understanding the myriad of requirements as the health care professional moves through the process of securing an occupational visa, licensure, and employment in the United States As a physical therapist educator for almost 30 years, I have had the opportunity to work with many foreign-educated health. .. IIRIRA to conduct the federal screening program for all health care professionals, and developed its VisaScreen® Program to meet the law’s requirements The National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT®) and the Foreign Credentialing Commission on Physical Therapy (FCCPT) were named in the regulations implementing the 1996 law to conduct the federal screening program for foreign-educated. .. health care delivery needs Foreign-educated health care professionals have been a part of the U.S workforce for many years However, their recruitment has ebbed and waned as the health care system has been challenged by demographic and economic changes and changing immigration laws Today, limited data exist to verify the actual number of foreign-educated health care professionals in the United States Because... department responsible for improving working conditions and promoting opportunities for profitable employment in the United States World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT): The international representative for occupational therapists and occupational therapy around the world and the official international organization for the promotion of occupational therapy The U.S health care industry is... chapters that present information to assist the foreign-educated health care professional who is considering practicing in the United States No doubt the contents of the book will be viewed differently among a variety of readers, but the authors hope that all will benefit from the perspectives presented In chapter 1, Foreign-Educated Health Care Professionals in the United States Health Care System,”... ensure that they are comparable to U.S qualifications Cultural competence: An ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures, often in the context of health care Grandfathering: To exempt a person involved in an activity, business, or profession from new regulations 4 The Official Guide for Foreign-Educated Allied Health Professionals Health Care Worker Certificates: Health care . development. The Official Guide for Foreign-Educated Allied Health Professionals What You Need to Know About Health Care and the Allied Health Professions in the. Data The Official Guide for Foreign-Educated Allied Health Professionals: What You Need to Know About Health Care and the Allied Health Professions in the