{"id":4297,"date":"2021-08-11T01:05:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T05:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/?p=4297"},"modified":"2021-08-11T12:47:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T16:47:17","slug":"availability-of-ecfmgs-2022-information-booklet-on-ecfmg-certification-and-application-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2021\/08\/11\/availability-of-ecfmgs-2022-information-booklet-on-ecfmg-certification-and-application-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"ECFMG&#8217;s 2022 <i>Information Booklet<\/i> on ECFMG Certification and Application Materials Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ECFMG&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/2022ib\/\">2022\u00a0<em>Information Booklet<\/em><\/a> on ECFMG Certification and the 2022 exam application materials for international medical students\/graduates (IMGs) are now available on the ECFMG website. The ECFMG <em>Information Booklet<\/em>\u00a0is the definitive source of information on ECFMG Certification and is required reading for applicants.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible for ECFMG Certification, IMGs must satisfy a number of requirements, including the medical science examination requirement, the clinical skills requirement, and the communication skills requirement.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To meet the medical science examination requirement for ECFMG Certification, applicants must pass Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) of the United States Medical Licensing Examination<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> (USMLE<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>).<\/li>\n<li>To meet the clinical skills requirement and communication skills requirement for ECFMG Certification, applicants must:\n<ul>\n<li>Complete an ECFMG Pathway, which includes attaining a satisfactory score on the Occupational English Test (OET) Medicine, <strong>OR<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Have earned a passing performance on the former Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) component of USMLE that satisfies ECFMG requirements for ECFMG Certification.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Application Materials and USMLE Step 1\/Step 2 CK Eligibility Periods<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK, applicants can use the 2022 materials to apply for all available eligibility periods ending in 2021 and all eligibility periods ending in 2022, beginning with the November 2021-January 2022 eligibility period.<\/p>\n<p>Please monitor the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/\">ECFMG website<\/a>, and follow ECFMG on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ecfmg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ecfmg_img\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> for updates and important information.<\/p>\n<p>(published July 28; updated August 11)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ECFMG&#8217;s 2022\u00a0Information Booklet on ECFMG Certification and the 2022 exam application materials for international medical students\/graduates (IMGs) are now available on the ECFMG website. 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