{"id":5321,"date":"2024-11-01T10:25:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T14:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/?p=5321"},"modified":"2024-11-01T10:25:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T14:25:39","slug":"change-in-provision-of-usmle-service-functions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/2024\/11\/01\/change-in-provision-of-usmle-service-functions\/","title":{"rendered":"Change in Provision of USMLE Service Functions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The co-sponsors of the United States Medical Licensing Examination<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> (USMLE<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>), 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<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, a division of Intealth<sup>&#x2122;<\/sup>, will transition to the USMLE co-sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>This change will consolidate all USMLE examinee services, including exam registration, score report delivery, and USMLE customer service, with the USMLE co-sponsors. The goal of this change is to streamline the examinee journey and to create a more consistent and efficient examinee experience.<\/p>\n<p>The transition of USMLE services is expected to take place no earlier than mid-2025. Until then, ECFMG will continue to provide USMLE services to IMGs.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmle.org\/change-provision-usmle-service-functions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full announcement<\/a> on the USMLE website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The co-sponsors of the United States Medical Licensing Examination\u00ae (USMLE\u00ae), the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and NBME, are developing plans to centralize all USMLE service functions. 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