Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
The United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) program has announced three future changes to its examination program. One of these changes, a change in score reporting for Step 1 from a numeric score to a Pass/Fail designation, is designed to improve the transition of examinees from undergraduate medical education (UME) to graduate medical education (GME) … Read More
Want to know more about the 2023 Medical School Accreditation Requirement for ECFMG Certification, including how and why the requirement was developed, its current status, and what’s to come? The February 2020 issue of the Journal of Medical Regulation features an article that answers these questions, titled, “Advancing the Quality of Medical Education Worldwide: ECFMG’s … Read More
On January 31, 2020, President Donald Trump issued his “Proclamation on Improving Enhanced Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry.” Non-immigrant visa classifications, such as the J-1 and H-1B, are NOT impacted by the new restrictions. Therefore, there should be no impact on individuals seeking non-immigrant visas to participate in U.S. GME. Additional information … Read More
The United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) program continues to monitor the outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, first detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China and is prepared to take appropriate measures as warranted to protect the health and safety of examinees and the public. Whenever an examinee has a … Read More
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.
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