Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
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.
ECFMG’s 2020 Information Booklet on ECFMG Certification and the 2020 exam application materials are now available on the ECFMG website. The ECFMG Information Booklet is the definitive source of information on ECFMG Certification and is required reading for applicants. For the United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) Step 1/Step 2 CK, you can use the … Read More
An overview of the 2023 Medical School Accreditation Requirement for ECFMG Certification is now available in 11 languages! To access a convenient PDF of the overview in Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish, visit the Resources page of the 2023 Medical School Accreditation Requirement section of our website. For … Read More
As part of the transition to the ECFMG 2020 Information Booklet and exam application materials, any United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) applications that have been saved but not submitted via ECFMG’s Interactive Web Applications (IWA) will be deleted. If you have a saved exam application in IWA, you must complete and submit the application, including payment, by … Read More
DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG®) (www.ecfmg.org) and its Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER®) (www.faimer.org) are seeking nominees to serve on their combined Board of Trustees. We invite your participation in this important process. Commitment to Diversity ECFMG and FAIMER are privileged to have … Read More
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