On January 12, 2026, United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) services currently provided to students and graduates of international medical schools (IMGs) by ECFMG®, a division of Intealth®, will transition to USMLE co-sponsor the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB). Once phase one of the USMLE Service Transition is complete, all USMLE Step exam services … Read More
The MyIntealth™ environment will be unavailable beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 8, 2026, to facilitate the USMLE Service Transition. Systems are expected to be restored within 48 hours. Updates will be published to the ECFMG website and our social media channels. All times are calculated using Eastern Time in the United States. This brief outage … Read More
As previously announced, the United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) Service Transition will simplify the examinee journey and create a more consistent and efficient process for examinees. To do this, all USMLE Step exam service functions, including exam registration, score report delivery, and customer service, will be combined under the USMLE co-sponsors, the Federation of … Read More
Due to onsite work at our Philadelphia headquarters, the MyIntealth™ environment will be unavailable beginning at approximately 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 7, 2025. Services are expected to be restored by 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 8, 2025. All times are calculated using Eastern Time in the United States. This maintenance will affect most ECFMG online services―including our … Read More
ECFMG’s 2026 Information Booklet on ECFMG Certification and the 2026 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. Applicants will use MyIntealth, the new online environment for accessing services offered by Intealth and its … Read More
The co-sponsors of the United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®), the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and NBME, will begin centralizing all USMLE service functions no earlier than mid-2025. These plans will impact both international medical students and graduates (IMGs) and U.S. medical graduates (USMGs) and will create a more seamless and convenient examinee … Read More
Effective January 1, 2025, fees for the following ECFMG applications/service requests will increase: The examination fees for United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) will be $1,020 for each exam registration. The USMLE Step 1 International Test Delivery Surcharge will be $205. The USMLE Step 2 CK International Test … Read More
The co-sponsors of the United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®), the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and NBME, are developing plans to centralize all USMLE service functions. As part of these plans, USMLE services currently provided to international medical students and graduates (IMGs) by ECFMG®, a division of Intealth™, will transition to the USMLE … Read More
ECFMG’s 2025 Information Booklet on ECFMG Certification and the 2025 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. The USMLE Bulletin … Read More
As part of the transition to the ECFMG 2025 Information Booklet and 2025 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 … Read More
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