Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
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
International medical graduates (IMGs) who met the clinical and communication skills requirements for ECFMG® Certification through the Pathways in a previous Pathways season who wish to revalidate a Pathway may now apply on-line through the 2025 Pathways for ECFMG Certification and Pathways Revalidation application. See Pathways Revalidation on the Information on Expiration of Pathways and … 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
International medical graduates (IMGs) who need to satisfy the clinical and communication skills requirements for ECFMG Certification must use the Pathways. An accepted Pathway is subject to expiration. The expiration date is based on the Pathways season for which the Pathways application was accepted. The Pathways expiration dates are published on the ECFMG website. An … 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
Due to required maintenance, ECFMG’s Interactive Web Applications (IWA) will be unavailable for up to 24 hours, beginning at approximately 6:00 p.m., Eastern Time in the United States, on August 20, 2024. During this maintenance period, you will be unable to perform any IWA transactions, including working on or submitting an Application for ECFMG Certification … Read More
Effective August 21, 2024, the processing of all United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) transcript requests from international medical students and graduates (IMGs) will transition from ECFMG®, a division of Intealth™, to the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), a co-sponsor of the USMLE program. ECFMG will process complete transcript requests received through August 20, … Read More
Currently, medical education programs in Canada leading to the MD degree are accredited by both the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) and the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS). Effective July 1, 2025, CACMS will become the sole accrediting body for medical education programs in Canada. Accreditation by LCME establishes eligibility to … Read More
Residency Tokens for the Electronic Residency Application Service® (ERAS®) 2025 application season are now available through ECFMG’s On-line Applicant Status and Information System (OASIS). You can use a 2025 Token to register at the MyERAS website of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), effective Wednesday, June 26, 2024, and begin work on your residency … Read More
ECFMG supports individuals applying to residency programs through the Residency Centralized Application Service (ResidencyCAS) and the Central Application (CentralApp). Information for individuals applying to these services is now available on the ECFMG website. The ResidencyCAS and CentralApp services are for individuals applying to the following residency programs: ResidencyCAS: Obstetrics and Gynecology CentralApp: Plastic Surgery and … Read More
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