Healthcare Licensing and Immigration Glossary: Plain-English definitions of licensing exams, registers, visas and documents

230 terms an internationally trained health professional meets when registering and moving abroad: exams and assessments, language tests, registration and regulation, recognition of qualifications, documents, visas, training grades and pay. Each term has a short definition, aliases, the countries it applies to, the official page that defines or issues it, and 1183 key facts. 849 official source pages are linked. Published by MedicSail (https://medicsail.com), a licensing consultancy for internationally trained doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and allied health professionals. The same figures appear on MedicSail's free guides and tools, where they are kept up to date. Files glossary_terms.csv: One row per glossary term. (230 rows) Column Type Meaning term string The term as people search for it category string Glossary category aliases string Other names, separated by ' / ' countries string Countries the term belongs to, blank if all short_definition string One or two self-contained sentences official_url string Official page that defines or issues it related_regulators string Related regulators related_professions string Related professions last_reviewed datetime Date last reviewed (yyyy-mm-dd) source_names string Source pages, separated by ' / ' source_urls string URLs, separated by ' / ' medicsail_page string MedicSail glossary page glossary_key_facts.csv: Key facts stated for each term, with the term's sources. (1183 rows) Column Type Meaning term string Glossary term fact string What the fact is value string The value as stated last_reviewed datetime Date last reviewed (yyyy-mm-dd) source_urls string Source URLs for the term, separated by ' / ' medicsail_page string MedicSail glossary page Notes Nothing is invented. Definitions and facts are those on the MedicSail glossary page, each backed by the sources listed. Key facts such as fees and dates change; check the source. countries is blank where a term applies everywhere. Check the source page before you rely on or pay anything. Rules and fees change. This is general information, not immigration, legal or professional advice. MedicSail is independent and is not affiliated with any regulator or government body. Licence CC BY 4.0. You may reuse the data with attribution: "MedicSail, Healthcare Licensing and Immigration Glossary (October 2026), https://medicsail.com". Also on Kaggle: kaggle.com/datasets/medicsail/healthcare-licensing-immigration-glossary. Current figures and guides: medicsail.com.