Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
ECFMG’s 2024 Information Booklet on ECFMG Certification and the 2024 application materials for United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) for international medical students/graduates (IMGs) are now available on the ECFMG website. The ECFMG Information Booklet is the definitive source of information on ECFMG Certification and is required … Read More
As part of the transition to the ECFMG 2024 Information Booklet and United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) application materials, any USMLE applications that have been saved but not submitted via ECFMG’s Interactive Web Applications (IWA) will be deleted. If you have a saved USMLE application in IWA, you must complete and submit the application, including payment, … Read More
Residency Tokens for the Electronic Residency Application Service® (ERAS®) 2024 application season are now available through ECFMG’s On-line Applicant Status and Information System (OASIS). You can use a 2024 Token to register at the MyERAS website of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), effective Wednesday, June 28, 2023, and begin work on your residency … Read More
Information on the Pathways for ECFMG® Certification for the 2024 Match is now available on the ECFMG website. The 2024 Pathways are for international medical graduates (IMGs) who need to meet the clinical and communication skills requirements for ECFMG Certification and who plan to participate in the 2024 National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) Main Residency … Read More
Please note that you can no longer use ECFMG’s OASIS to request a Token for the ERAS 2023 season. If a program requests that you submit an ERAS application for the 2023 season and you do not already have a 2023 Token, please call (215) 966-3520 to reach an ERAS Support Services representative to request … Read More
The success of IMGs in pursuing graduate medical education (GME) in the United States remains strong with significant increases in the number of physicians obtaining first-year training positions, according to the results of the 2023 Main Residency Match® (The Match®) announced Friday by the National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®). A total of 8,388 IMGs obtained … Read More
International medical graduates (IMGs) can use Pathways to meet certain requirements for ECFMG Certification and to participate in the National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) Main Residency Match® (The Match®). The Pathways evaluate IMGs’ clinical and communication skills—skills that are critically important to participate in U.S. graduate medical education (GME) and to provide supervised patient care. In order … Read More
Leadership for a Pivotal Time of Strategic Growth and Development Intealth, the trusted global authority on health care education, has selected Lieutenant General Ronald R. Blanck, DO, MACP (U.S. Army, retired), as Interim President of FAIMER, a member of Intealth. Dr. Blanck assumed leadership of FAIMER in late 2022, at a pivotal time of strategic … Read More
International medical students and graduates participating in the National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) 2023 Main Residency Match® (The Match®) must meet the following requirements by the NRMP Rank Order List Certification deadline on March 1, 2023, in order for ECFMG to verify to the NRMP that they have met the examination requirements for ECFMG Certification: Have passing … Read More
Strategic Transformation Marks Tenure Intealth announced today that Chief Executive Officer William W. Pinsky, MD, will retire at the end of 2023. At that time, Dr. Pinsky also will retire as the President of ECFMG®, a member of Intealth, and the Board Chair of FAIMER®, a member of Intealth. Dr. Pinsky’s retirement will follow more … Read More
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