Ecfmg 2015 Annual Report
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- Bu səhifədəki naviqasiya:
- Publications and Presentations
- A MessAge froM the ChAir
- Ram R. Krishna, M.D.
| 1 2 3 5 A MessAge froM the ChAir A MessAge froM the President About eCfMg 5 Overview 6 Board of Trustees and Committees 9 Statement of Values, Mission and Purposes 10 the YeAr in highlights 10
ECFMG Brings EPIC to New International Partners 10
ECFMG Transitions to World Directory of Medical Schools to Determine Applicant Eligibility 11
Growth and Development Bring New Opportunities for Students of GEMx Partner Schools 12 suPPorting u.s. grAduAte MediCAl eduCAtion (gMe) And internAtionAl PhYsiCiAns entering u.s. gMe 12
ECFMG Certification 19
Electronic Residency Application Service Support Services at ECFMG 21
Exchange Visitor Sponsorship Program 23
ECFMG Certificate Holders Ofice 25 Meeting the World’s needs for VerifiCAtion of PhYsiCiAn QuAlifiCAtions 27
ECFMG Certification Verification Service 28
Collaboration with Federation of State Medical Boards on U.S. Medical Licensure 29
Verifying Credentials for International Organizations and Physicians 31 serVing the internAtionAl MediCAl eduCAtion CoMMunitY 31
GEMx—Global Educational Exchange in Medicine and the Health Professions 33
ECFMG Medical School Web Portal 35 38 CliniCAl skills eVAluAtion CollAborAtion foundAtion for AdVAnCeMent of internAtionAl MediCAl eduCAtion And reseArCh 38
Overview 40
Board of Directors and Committees 42
2015 FAIMER Highlights 44
Educational Programs: Creating Opportunities for Health Professions Educators 47
Research: Discovering Patterns and Disseminating Knowledge 50
Data Resources: Informing Research, Policy, and the Public Publications and Presentations Visit www.ecfmg.org/resources/staf-publications.html for ECFMG publications and presentations. Visit www.csecassessments.org/staf-publications/ for CSEC publications and presentations. Visit www.faimer.org/publications/index.html for FAIMER publications and presentations. Copyright © 2016 by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates. All rights reserved. The terms ECFMG®, CSA®, 1 ECHO SM , EPIC
SM , GEMx
SM , and FAIMER® are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Ofice. A MessAge froM the ChAir I am pleased to report on my frst year as Chair of ECFMG’s Board of Trustees. After having served with my fellow Board members in recent years, it is a privilege to lead this talented and dedicated group in strategic planning and investments that will ensure the continued success of ECFMG. During 2015, ECFMG completed a comprehensive review of its existing technologies, and we began to plan for a new technology platform that will better support both existing programs and the initiatives that are to come. After more than a decade of service expansion and corresponding customized software development, it was essential that we evaluate our business processes and ensure that we have a robust, extensible, and integrated technology platform that aligns with our developing lines of business and that harnesses all possible synergies and efciencies. Tis endeavor and the substantial investment it represents have the full support of ECFMG’s Board. Te project is beneftting from the guidance of a new subcommittee of the Board with expertise in Information Technology. Our eforts to diversify our programs and to provide additional services to the international medical education and regulatory communities continue to develop. Four medical regulatory authorities have joined the Electronic Portfolio of International Credentials (EPIC SM ), and this momentum positions ECFMG well to expand EPIC broadly to the international medical regulatory community. For GEMx SM , a program established to facilitate elective exchanges in international medical education, the Board has authorized an endowment of US$500,000 to support the GEMx Student Exchange Grants. Tese funds, combined with a signifcant contribution from GEMx Partner Weill Cornell Medicine– Qatar, will ensure ongoing support for this grants program and the international medical students who beneft directly from it. Following the announcement in 2015 by Emmanuel Cassimatis, M.D., that he will retire in mid-2016, ECFMG’s Board conducted a search and identifed his successor. In the coming year, I look forward to welcoming our new chief executive and contributing to a smooth transition in leadership. Although Dr. Cassimatis will serve as ECFMG’s President & Chief Executive Ofcer through mid-2016, I would like to take this opportunity to review some of his many accomplishments—signifcant and lasting contributions to both ECFMG and those whom we serve. In 2010, he brought forward ECFMG’s bold and forward-thinking initiative to require that, by 2023, physicians pursuing ECFMG Certifcation graduate from a medical school that has been appropriately accredited. Even now, we are just beginning to realize the benefts of this efort, which is aimed at catalyzing development of a meaningful international system of accreditation for undergraduate medical education. In 2011, Dr. Cassimatis initiated revisions to ECFMG’s mission that refected an expanded international reach for ECFMG services, and then launched programs such as EPIC and GEMx that can enhance the quality of the world’s physician workforce. Last year, ECFMG’s Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER
® ) celebrated its ffteenth anniversary. For half of FAIMER’s existence, Dr. Cassimatis has served as its Board Chair. Te result is that FAIMER has become an expert resource for the world’s health professions educators, a producer of award-winning research, and a builder of high-quality databases for some of the most fundamental and comprehensive data related to international medical education. On behalf of the Boards of ECFMG and FAIMER, I ofer deep gratitude to Dr. Cassimatis for his vision, demonstrated leadership, and global perspective over the past seven years. I look forward to the coming year and more collaboration with my fellow Board members. In closing, I would like to acknowledge another important relationship by ofering sincere thanks to Paul H. Rockey, M.D., M.P.H., as he concludes his valuable service to ECFMG’s Board.
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