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.
If you need to receive United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) Step 1 scores before July 8, 2020 it is recommended that you take the exam no later than May 3, 2020. Most Step 1 scores are reported within four weeks of testing. However, because of necessary annual modifications to the test item pool, there will be … Read More
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.
Effective January 3, 2020, the arrival time for the United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) testing appointments will be 15 minutes earlier than in 2019, due to additional security check-in procedures at the testing centers. During check-in, test center staff will scan examinees with a handheld or walk-through device designed to … Read More
The recommended United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) Step 3 minimum passing score will change from 196 to 198. This change will affect examinees who take a Step 3 examination that begins on or after January 1, 2020. Examinees should see the full announcement for more information.
The Boards of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG®) and its Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER®) held a biannual Stakeholder Engagement Forum on Friday. The Forum explored the impact of the closure of Philadelphia-based Hahnemann University Hospital, which occurred earlier this year and was the largest permanent displacement … Read More
Mitigating bias and eliminating unjustified patient stereotypes are important initiatives in teaching, learning and assessment. Concerns about bias have been raised in the academic literature, the media, among students and faculty at schools of medicine, and by patients. The United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) program remains cognizant of these topics. Characteristics of a patient … Read More
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