Migrant physicians' choice of employment and the medical specialty general practice: a mixed-methods study.

Labour market conditions such as high competition, and the time-consuming recertification process, can influence the choice to specialize in general practice as this reduces the time to become a medical specialist. We however did not find any results indicating that MPs' decision to specialize in general practice and to work as general practitioners was any less voluntary than that of MPs who chose other specialties.