Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
ECFMG®|FAIMER® will expand its pathways for international medical graduates (IMGs) to meet the requirements for ECFMG Certification and to participate in the 2022 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 … Read More
The United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) program announced today that it has discontinued work to relaunch a modified Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) examination. In the spring of 2020, the USMLE program suspended Step 2 CS due to the COVID-19 pandemic and announced that it would take 12-18 months to bring back a modified … Read More
Most Step 1 scores are reported within 3-4 weeks of testing. However, because of necessary annual modifications to the test item pools, there will be a delay in reporting for some examinees who test beginning on or after the week of May 3, 2021. If you need to receive Step 1 scores before July 7, 2021, the … Read More
ECFMG will be closed in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday, January 18. 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 19.
ECFMG will close in observance of the New Year’s holiday at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET), in the United States, on Thursday, December 31, 2020. We will be unavailable for calls and e-mails until we reopen at 9:00 a.m., ET, on Monday, January 4, 2021. Please also note that ECFMG Applicant Information Services representatives will … Read More
ECFMG will close in observance of the Christmas holiday at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET), in the United States, on Wednesday, December 23. We will be unavailable for calls and e-mails until we reopen at 9:00 a.m., ET, on Monday, December 28. Please also note that ECFMG Applicant Information Services representatives will not be available … Read More
Effective January 1, 2021, fees for the following ECFMG applications/service requests will increase: The fee for Application for ECFMG Certification will be $150. The examination fees for United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) will be $975 for each exam registration. The fee for a Certification Verification Service … Read More
ECFMG will close in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 25. We will be unavailable for calls and e-mails until we re-open at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, November 30. All times are calculated using Eastern Time in the United States. Please also note that ECFMG Applicant Information Services representatives will … Read More
In a podcast released today, the United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) program provided updates on the Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) exam, which has been suspended since March 2020. The podcast does not provide, at this time, a specific time for launch of the modified exam. ECFMG|FAIMER is partnering with the National Board of Medical … Read More
UPDATE: EPIC phone service has been restored. Due to technical difficulties with our internal processing systems, ECFMG’s Electronic Portfolio of International Credentials (EPICSM) customer service representatives are unavailable to answer telephone inquiries until further notice. We are working to restore services as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.
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