Foreign-Trained Health Professionals
Resource Guide
The New Mainers Resource Center offers workforce and academic advisement and support for healthcare professionals trained and credentialed prior to coming to the US.
Are you a
Foreign-Trained Health Professional?
Complete your first step toward returning to the Healthcare Field!
Our advising team can help you…
- Find information about career pathways
- Transfer credentials from your home country
- Improve your communication skills
- Prepare for job interviews
- Build professional networks
Sign Up for Advisement Services
Are you ready to take advantage of the services and support that NMRC offers to Foreign-Trained Health Professionals? Sign up to work with an advisor to get your credentials to work in the US!
Credential Evaluations & Professional Licensing
Are you licensed, certified, or have professional training in your home country in healthcare or other professions? Your existing credentials, or a portion of them, may be eligible to transfer to the US. Learn more about credential evaluations and professional licensing before you explore other options below.
Resources for Foreign-Trained Health Professionals
If you have experience and training as a health professional in your home country, find resources below to help become certified in the US.
Registered Nurses
Click here to learn about what’s required to be qualified as a Registered Nurse in the US.
Pharmacists
Click here to learn about what’s required to be qualified as a Pharmacist in the US.
Physicians
Click here to learn about what’s required to be qualified as a Physician in the US.
Physical Therapists
Click here to learn about what’s required to be qualified as a Physical Therapist in the US.
New Report Provides Framework for Upskilling Maine’s Foreign-Trained Health Professionals
The New Mainers Resource Center (NMRC) at Portland Adult Education (PAE) has released Report of the Foreign-Trained Health Professionals Licensing Pilot Project with findings and recommendations aimed to reduce the barriers that foreign trained health professionals face in obtaining employment in the healthcare field.
The recommendations from this report come at a critical time as Maine’s healthcare systems struggle with COVID-19 and disparity in health continues among minority populations. Establishing quicker and more cost-effective pathways for immigrant healthcare professionals to return to practice could result in a significant increase in the diversity and cultural competency of the state’s healthcare workforce which is one way to begin addressing these health disparities.
Implementation of the recommendations in the report will address the state’s need for healthcare workers in a number of ways. Implementation of the recommendations should:
- Help foreign trained healthcare workers reach their highest potential
- Address the state’s goal to achieve a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce
- Meet the needs of healthcare employers, and address the state’s healthcare workforce shortages
- Attract skilled healthcare workers to Maine
Funding for the Foreign Trained Health Professional Licensing Pilot Project research came from the Maine Health Access Foundation.
For more information or questions about the report contact:
Sally Sutton
Program Coordinator
207-874-8155
suttos@portlandschools.org
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To meet with an advisor to talk about resuming your healthcare career in the US, please tell us about yourself by filling out the form below.
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