{"id":3778,"date":"2020-05-19T15:40:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T19:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/?p=3778"},"modified":"2020-05-19T15:40:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T19:40:09","slug":"ecfmgfaimer-supports-recommendations-for-medical-school-graduates-entering-pgy-1-residency-positions-in-coming-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2020\/05\/19\/ecfmgfaimer-supports-recommendations-for-medical-school-graduates-entering-pgy-1-residency-positions-in-coming-months\/","title":{"rendered":"ECFMG|FAIMER Supports Recommendations for Medical School Graduates Entering PGY-1 Residency Positions in Coming Months"},"content":{"rendered":"

On May 18, the\u00a0Coalition for Physician Accountability, of which ECFMG\u00ae<\/sup>|FAIMER\u00ae<\/sup> is a member, released the final report of its work group on Learner Transitions from Medical Schools to Residency Programs in 2020<\/em>. The report provides important and timely recommendations to mitigate the effects of pandemic-related disruption in the transition from undergraduate medical education to graduate medical education (GME) for more than 30,000 medical school graduates who will begin first-year (PGY-1) residency positions in the United States in the coming months.<\/p>\n

ECFMG|FAIMER was represented on the work group, which considered the entire population of incoming PGY-1 residents, including more than 7,000 international medical graduates (IMGs), and the institutions and programs where they will train. The recommendations acknowledge that the pandemic may present elevated risks to the well-being of all PGY-1 residents and that IMGs may face unique challenges.<\/p>\n

ECFMG|FAIMER strongly endorses the report\u2019s recommendations, which include:<\/p>\n