Table 2.

Characteristics of IENs and IMGs

Categories	IENs N = 11	IMGs N = 11
Male (n)	1	8
Female (n)	10	3
Age years, range (mean)	(35) 25–59	(39) 31–45
Years of working experience prior to Sweden, range (mean)	(5.3)a 0–17	(4.5) 0–15
Years of working experience in Sweden, range (mean)	(5.5) 0.5–19	(2.7)b 0–15
Country of education	Algeria, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Germany, Great Britain, New Zealand, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Sudan	Poland, Italy, Syria, Romania, Greece, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Colombia, Iraq
Working area in Sweden	Infection ward, medical ward, maternity care, delivery care, elderly care	Health center, dermatology department, maternity care, psychiatry, emergency department
Completed education, year	1987–2013	1981–2011
Specialization (postgraduate education from abroad)	1	6
PhD (at time of interview)	0	2
Recruited by an employer Trained within EU/EEA Trained outside EU/EEA Additional training at university (1 year) Route through the National Board of Health and Welfare	1 7 4 2c 2	2 5 6 5 1

^aTwo missing values

^bIncluding clinical training and internship

^cParticipated in an older training system about one year