Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
To participate in the National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) Main Residency Match®, international medical students/graduates must have passed all exams required for ECFMG Certification. If you plan to participate in the 2020 Match (in March 2020) and still need to pass Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS), you should register now to take the examination. To help ensure … Read More
The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG®) and its Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER®) held their first Board meeting of the year April 3-5, which included a biannual Stakeholder Engagement Forum. The spring Forum convened representatives from the U.S. medical education, training, licensing, and immigration law communities to explore … Read More
The 2020 schedule lets examinees know when to expect results for a Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) exam. Click here to view the schedule.
Click here for 2020 schedule 2019 Reporting Schedule – Step 2 CS Testing Period Reporting Period For examinees who test Reporting start date Reporting end date January 1 through January 26 March 6 March 27 January 27 through March 23* April 24 May 22 March 24 through May 18* June 19 July 17 May 19 through July … Read More
ECFMG President and CEO William W. Pinsky, M.D. and a colleague, Dr. Mandeep Mehra of Harvard University recently were interviewed at the American College of Cardiology annual conference by Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology. Drs. Pinsky and Mehra discussed the work that ECFMG does and the important role that international medical graduates play in the field … Read More
Please note that you can no longer use ECFMG’s OASIS or the MyECFMG mobile app to request a Token for the ERAS 2019 season. If a program requests that you submit an ERAS application for the 2019 season and you do not already have a 2019 Token, please call (215) 966-3520 to reach an ERAS Support Services … Read More
Growth in Primary-care Specialties Offers Enhanced Opportunities International medical graduates (IMGs) showed strong performance in the 2019 Main Residency Match®, according to results published today by the National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®). The NRMP Match determines where medical school graduates will enter residency (medical specialty) training each year in the United States. While the overall … Read More
Most score reporting of Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) results occurs within four weeks of testing. However, because of necessary modifications to the test item pool, there will be a delay in reporting for some examinees who test beginning the week of June 23, 2019. The target date for reporting Step 2 CK scores for … Read More
Update: The problem impacting our phone system has been resolved. ECFMG is currently experiencing technical difficulties that may impact your ability to contact us by phone. Thanks for your patience as we work on a solution. We will publish an update as soon as one is available.
Liz Ingraham, Assistant Vice President for Communications and External Affairs at ECFMG, was interviewed for The Premed Years podcast about the process for international medical graduates who want to pursue graduate medical education in the U.S. She also talked about the role of ECFMG in the process, and the recently launched Guidance on Medical School … Read More
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