{"id":4260,"date":"2021-06-29T12:59:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T16:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/?p=4260"},"modified":"2022-09-15T11:14:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T15:14:55","slug":"additional-information-on-pathway-6-is-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2021\/06\/29\/additional-information-on-pathway-6-is-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Additional Information on Pathway 6 Is Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Prospective Pathway 6 Applicants Should Begin to Identify Evaluators Now<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/certification-requirements-2022-match\/pathway-6.html\">Additional information<\/a>\u00a0is now available on applying to Pathway 6, which requires an applicant\u2019s clinical skills to be evaluated by licensed physicians through in-person clinical encounters. This new information includes criteria for both the physician evaluators and for the clinical encounters. If you plan to apply to Pathway 6, you should review this information and begin to identify your physician evaluators now. There also is new information on the availability of the on-line application for Pathway 6, now scheduled for August; application deadlines; and application processing times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Pathways<\/strong><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/certification-requirements-2022-match\/\">2022 Pathways<\/a> allow qualified international medical graduates who have not passed the Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) component of the United States Medical Licensing Examination<sup>&reg;<\/sup> (USMLE<sup>&reg;<\/sup>) to meet the clinical and communication skills requirements for ECFMG Certification and for participation in the National Resident Matching Program<sup>&reg;<\/sup> (NRMP<sup>&reg;<\/sup>) 2022 Main Residency Match<sup>&reg;<\/sup> (The Match<sup>&reg;<\/sup>). Pathway 6 is for applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements for Pathway 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 and\/or have failed Step 2 CS one or more times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prospective Pathway 6 Applicants Should Begin to Identify Evaluators Now Additional information\u00a0is now available on applying to Pathway 6, which requires an applicant\u2019s clinical skills to be evaluated by licensed physicians through in-person clinical encounters. This new information includes criteria for both the physician evaluators and for the clinical encounters. 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