About ECFMG

Electronic Portfolio of International Credentials (EPIC℠)
ECFMG’s Electronic Portfolio of International Credentials (EPIC) is a powerful and innovative web-based tool for the world’s physicians and the entities responsible for evaluating their credentials. Through EPIC, physicians upload their medical credentials, have those credentials primary-source verified, and request to have verification reports for those credentials sent electronically to any organization, anywhere in the world. For the world’s medical regulatory authorities, hospitals, medical schools, and training programs that receive these reports, EPIC is a powerful tool to help them evaluate the credentials of their physician applicants, providing the assurance that those credentials have been authenticated through primary-source verification, a best practice.

Electronic Credentials Verification
ECFMG’s electronic Credentials Verification is an innovative program for international medical schools that makes the process of verifying credentials faster, easier, and more efficient. Schools can now verify over the Internet the credentials of their graduates who apply for ECFMG Certification and the United States Medical Licensing Examination^® (USMLE^®). The program replaces the paper “Verification of Medical Education” Form 327-A. Electronic Credentials Verification is free and is available through the secure ECFMG Medical School Web Portal (EMSWP).

Global Education in Medicine Exchange (GEMx)
ECFMG’s Global Education in Medicine Exchange (GEMx) will be a service to facilitate and promote international exchange in medical education, providing medical schools and students around the world with access to the two most essential components of effective exchange programs: information and community. To develop this exciting new service, ECFMG is collaborating with members of the international medical education community—entities that share our commitment to promoting quality health care through excellence in medical education—to understand challenges, innovate solutions, and ensure that GEMx meets the real-world needs of the medical schools and students engaging in global exchanges.

Medical School Accreditation Requirement for ECFMG Certification
Effective in 2023, physicians applying for ECFMG Certification will be required to graduate from a medical school that has been appropriately accredited. ECFMG believes that this additional requirement for ECFMG Certification will stimulate the development of a meaningful, universally accepted system of accreditation for undergraduate medical education outside the United States and Canada.

Comprehensive Review of USMLE (CRU)
The Composite Committee that establishes policies for the United States Medical Licensing Examination^® (USMLE^®)—a three-step examination for medical licensure in the United States—called for a comprehensive review of the entire USMLE program. This review led to a series of modifications to test content representation, to changes in a number of existing test formats, and to developmental efforts intended to expand the types of competencies addressed by USMLE.

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