Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
ECFMG will be closed in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday, January 20. We will be unavailable for calls and e-mails until we reopen at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time in the United States, on Tuesday, January 21.
The Boards of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG®) and its Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER®) elected six new trustees at their final meeting of the year on December 5. ECFMG/FAIMER trustees serve at-large, and five of the new trustees will serve four-year terms. As part of the … Read More
ECFMG will close for the New Year’s holiday at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET) in the United States, on Tuesday, December 31. We will be unavailable for calls and e-mails until we reopen at 9:00 a.m., ET, on Thursday, January 2. ECFMG staff wish you a happy, healthy 2020, and we look forward to working … Read More
Effective January 1, 2020, fees for the following ECFMG applications/service requests will increase: The fee for Application for ECFMG Certification will be $145. The examination fees for USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) will be $965 for each exam registration. The examination fee for Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) will be $1,600 … Read More
ECFMG will close for the Christmas holiday at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET), in the United States, on Monday, December 23. We will be unavailable for calls and e-mails until we reopen at 9:00 a.m., ET, on Thursday, December 26.
ECFMG will close for the Thanksgiving holiday at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET), in the United States, on Wednesday, November 27. We will be unavailable for calls and e-mails until we reopen at 9:00 a.m., ET, on Monday, December 2.
ECFMG President and CEO William W. Pinsky, M.D., on October 24 joined Bennet Omalu, M.D., the Nigerian-born forensic pathologist who was the subject of the 2015 film Concussion, for a television and radio tour of cities nationwide to talk about the importance of international medical graduates (IMGs) to health care in the United States. From … Read More
A podcast featuring two members of the Invitational Conference on USMLE Scoring (InCUS) planning committee, Dr. Michael Barone, Vice President of Licensure Programs for the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), and Dave Johnson, Senior Vice President, Assessment Services for the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), is now available on the USMLE website. They … Read More
The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG®) and its Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER®) announced today that Steven D. Kirkpatrick, CPA, has been selected as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. Mr. Kirkpatrick will join ECFMG/FAIMER on September 30, 2019, succeeding Dennis M. Donohue, CPA, MBA, MS. Mr. … Read More
ECFMG will close in observance of the Labor Day holiday at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, August 30. We will be unavailable for calls and e-mails until we reopen at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 3. All times are calculated using Eastern Time in the United States.
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