Massachusetts needs more centralized information on relicensing pathways, improved career supports at workforce-development and educational institutions, and a review of licensure regulations to help the state's more than 12,000 foreign-born health care professionals, according to a new report.
More than one in five foreign-trained health care professionals in Massachusetts are unemployed or working in low-wage, low-skill jobs because they have limited English proficiency, lack help navigating complex and costly relicensing requirements, or have trouble completing the relicensing process while holding down low-paying "survival jobs," according to the Governor's Advisory Council on Refugees and Immigrants' Task Force on Immigrant Healthcare Professionals.
And with an aging native-born workforce, a projected increase from 12 percent to 30 percent in statewide demand for clinicians in all fields by 2020, and an increasingly diverse state population in need of linguistically and culturally competent health care services, the state cannot afford to ignore these barriers to the skills foreign-trained health care professionals have to offer, the report says.
"This is an opportunity to help the commonwealth capitalize on these skills for our economy and our health care system," said Eva Millona, co-chairman of the Governor's Advisory Council and executive director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition. "It's a win-win for everybody."
The report's recommendations include the creation of a user-friendly, centralized online portal featuring detailed relicensing information and career-development resources for foreign-trained immigrants in licensed professions, with an initial focus on health care; the promotion of pilot programs at one-stop career centers and community colleges that could offer these professionals expert career supports; collaborations with professional associations and philanthropies to pilot funding tools such as a microloan fund to help low-income, foreign-trained professionals cover the educational, testing and licensing costs of re-entering their fields; and the establishment of a staff position in the Office for Refugees and Immigrants to oversee immigrant integration policy, including career pathways for foreign-trained professionals.
Tim Buckley, a spokesman for Gov.-elect Charlie Baker, said Baker "will continue to pursue reforms that grow Massachusetts' economy and strengthen our health care system, and looks forward to reviewing the recommendations of MIRA and all stakeholders involved in the process."
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