Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
ECFMG will close for the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday at 3:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET) in the United States, on Friday, January 12. We will be unavailable for calls and e-mails until we reopen at 10:00 a.m., ET, on Tuesday, January 16.
The rescheduling fees for the Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) examination have changed as of January 1, 2018. If you have a scheduled testing appointment and are unable to take the exam on your scheduled test date or at your scheduled center, you may cancel your scheduled testing appointment and reschedule for a different date and/or … Read More
Effective January 1, 2018, fees for the following ECFMG applications/service requests will increase: The examination fees for USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) will be $910 for each exam registration. The examination fee for Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) will be $1,565 for each exam registration. The fee for rescheduling a Step … Read More
ECFMG will close for the New Year’s holiday at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET) in the United States, on Friday, December 29. We will be unavailable for calls and e-mails until we reopen at 9:00 a.m., ET, on Tuesday, January 2. ECFMG staff wish you a happy, healthy 2018, and we look forward to working … Read More
As of January 18, 2018, the promotion has ended because USMLE hit the maximum number of available sessions. The USMLE program is offering free practice sessions for a limited time. Practice sessions, normally administered for a fee at Prometric Test Centers, will be available to a limited number of individuals at no cost on or before January 31, 2018. These … Read More
ECFMG will close for the Christmas holiday at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET) in the United States, on Friday, December 22. We will be unavailable for calls and e-mails until we reopen at 9:00 a.m., ET, on Wednesday, December 27.
Updated information on enforcement of President Trump’s September 2017 Presidential Proclamation, “Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry into the United States by Terrorists or other Public-Safety Threats,” including enforcement of visa restrictions, is available on the Resources on Presidential Proclamation page. Examinees are encouraged to monitor the Resources on Presidential Proclamation web … Read More
The recommended Step 1 minimum passing score will change from 192 to 194. This change will affect examinees who take a Step 1 examination that begins on or after January 1, 2018. As stated in the USMLE Bulletin of Information and as explained in a previous posting to the USMLE website, the minimum passing score for each USMLE Step … Read More
Updated practice and informational materials for the Step 3 examination have been posted to the USMLE website. The Step 3 content outline and test specifications have not changed; however, sample practice items have been refreshed with new materials, and the number of practice items has been increased slightly. Examinees planning to take a Step 3 examination … Read More
ECFMG will close for the Thanksgiving holiday at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET) in the United States, on Wednesday, November 22. We will be unavailable for calls and e-mails until we reopen at 9:00 a.m., ET, on Monday, November 27.
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