Educational commission for foreign medical graduates
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- Confirmation of ECFMG Certification Status
- Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) Support Services
- Important Note About U.S. State Medical Licensure Requirements
- ERAS does not preclude any students/graduates from participating in ERAS, based on their eligibility for licensure.
Related ECFMG Services Confirmation of ECFMG Certification Status | Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) Support Services |
J-1 Visa Sponsorship |
Acculturation Program
ECFMG’s Certification Verification Service (CVS) provides primary-source confirmation of the ECFMG certification status of international medical graduates. The Joint Commission, the organization that evaluates and accredits U.S. health care organizations and programs, has determined that direct verification with ECFMG of a physician’s certification status satisfies The Joint Commission’s requirement for primary-source verification of medical school completion for graduates of international medical schools. ECFMG will confirm your certification status when a request is received from a medical licensing authority, residency program director, hospital, or other organization that, in the judgment of ECFMG, has a legitimate interest in such information. For status reports sent to medical licensing authorities, the request can also be made by you. Requesting organizations must normally secure and retain your signed authorization to obtain certification information. Please note that there may be a fee for this service. Requests for confirmation must contain your name, date of birth, USMLE/ECFMG Identification Number, and name and address of the organization to which the confirmation should be sent. To obtain the appropriate request form or to make an on-line request, visit the CVS section of the ECFMG website at www.ecfmg.org/cvs . Confirmations are sent to the requesting organization within approximately two weeks. Confirmations are not sent to applicants directly. If the requesting organization requests to receive a paper report and does not receive the report, ECFMG will honor requests for duplicate reports at no additional cost up to 90 days after the date that the original report was processed. If you apply to residency programs through ERAS, ECFMG will send an electronic ECFMG Status Report automatically to all of the programs to which you apply. If your ECFMG certification status changes during the ERAS application season, ECFMG will send an updated status report automatically to all programs to which you have applied.
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Related ECFMG Services Confirmation of ECFMG Certification Status | Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) Support Services | J-1 Visa Sponsorship | Acculturation Program Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) Support Services International medical graduates who wish to enter programs of graduate medical education in the United States that are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) must be certified by ECFMG. ECFMG Certification does not, however, guarantee that an international medical graduate will be accepted into a graduate medical education program; the number of applicants for residency and fellowship programs each year exceeds the number of available positions. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) introduced the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) in 1996 to allow medical students and graduates to apply electronically for residency positions in accredited U.S. programs of graduate medical education. Most U.S. graduate medical education programs participate in ERAS. If you apply to participating programs, you must submit your residency application using ERAS. Since ERAS was established, ECFMG has served as the designated Dean’s office for students and graduates of international medical schools, including Fifth Pathway participants, assisting these individuals with the ERAS application process for first- and second-year (PGY-1 and PGY-2) residency positions. International medical students/graduates who apply to programs that participate in ERAS must request an ERAS Token, a unique identification number, from ECFMG. The Token allows applicants to access AAMC’s ERAS website, where they can complete their residency application, select the programs to which they will apply, and assign supporting documents to these programs. As the designated Dean’s office, ECFMG receives supporting documents for the ERAS application, such as Medical Student Performance Evaluations (MSPEs), medical school transcripts, letters of recommendation, and photographs from applicants and their medical schools. ECFMG then transmits these documents to the ERAS PostOffice. ECFMG also transmits to the ERAS PostOffice reports of an applicant’s ECFMG certification status and, if requested by the applicant, USMLE transcripts. Once supporting documents have been received at the ERAS PostOffice, they can be downloaded by the programs to which the applicant has applied. For complete, up-to-date information on ERAS Support Services at ECFMG, visit the ERAS section of the ECFMG website at www.ecfmg.org/eras .
licensure requirements vary by individual state medical licensing authorities. You should be aware that: A training or restricted license may be required to participate in programs of graduate medical education. Participants in graduate medical education programs may also be required to obtain an unrestricted medical license by a certain point in their training in order to progress in the program. Some states have established additional criteria with respect to international medical schools for the purpose of eligibility for licensure. If you plan to apply to residency programs in one of these states, consult the state’s medical licensing board to determine if graduates of your medical school are eligible for licensure in that state. If you are certified by ECFMG based on former medical science exams (such as the Visa Qualifying Examination [VQE] or the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences [FMGEMS]), you should be aware that these exams may not be acceptable for the purpose of eligibility for a training license. ERAS does not preclude any students/graduates from participating in ERAS, based on their eligibility for licensure. Before applying to residency programs in a given state, it is your responsibility to become familiar with that state’s licensure requirements and to ensure that you meet any licensure requirements to enter and complete residency training in that state. For a directory of 85
U.S. state medical licensing authorities, visit the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc. website .
Last updated: September 15, 2011
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Related ECFMG Services Confirmation of ECFMG Certification Status | Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) Support Services | J-1 Visa Sponsorship | Acculturation Program
Foreign national physicians who seek entry into U.S. programs of graduate medical education or training must obtain an appropriate visa that permits clinical training activities. One visa commonly used by foreign national physicians is the J-1, a temporary nonimmigrant visa reserved for participants in the Exchange Visitor Program. As a public diplomacy initiative of the U.S. Department of State, the Exchange Visitor Program was established to enhance international exchange and mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other nations. In keeping with the program's goals for international education, J-1 Exchange Visitor physicians are required to return home for at least two years following their training before being eligible for certain U.S. visas. The U.S. Department of State has designated ECFMG as the visa sponsor for all J-1 Exchange Visitor physicians who participate in clinical training programs. ECFMG sponsorship is also available for physicians’ eligible dependents. As the visa sponsor, ECFMG processes applications for J-1 visa sponsorship and, for eligible applicants, issues a document that the applicant can use to apply for the J-1 visa. ECFMG is responsible for ensuring that J-1 physicians and host institutions meet the federal requirements for participation throughout the duration of sponsorship. ECFMG does not sponsor physicians for other U.S. visa types. For complete, up-to-date information on J-1 visa sponsorship by ECFMG, visit the Exchange Visitor Sponsorship Program (EVSP) section of the ECFMG website at www.ecfmg.org/evsp .
graduate medical education programs must, among other requirements, have passed USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK; or the former Visa Qualifying Examination (VQE), National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) Part 1 and Part 2, or Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences (FMGEMS) examinations; or an acceptable combination thereof. The former one-day ECFMG Examination and three-day Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX) do not meet the requirements for J-1 visa sponsorship.
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Related ECFMG Services Confirmation of ECFMG Certification Status | Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) Support Services | J-1 Visa Sponsorship | Acculturation Program
Identifying and meeting the informational needs of international medical graduates who come to the United States for graduate medical education has been part of ECFMG’s mission since 1956. As part of this mission, ECFMG has conducted surveys and focus groups with international medical graduates to identify their needs and has produced a number of acculturation resources. ECFMG has also funded a variety of acculturation activities and sponsored several educational workshops and conferences for hospital administrators focused on international medical graduates and their orientation needs. In 2006, ECFMG launched the Acculturation Program to assist international medical graduates who plan to enter U.S. training programs with the transition to training and living in the United States. As part of this program, ECFMG has developed a variety of resources. In addition to assisting individuals already accepted to U.S. training programs, the Acculturation Program offers resources for international medical students/graduates who are in the process of applying to residency or fellowship programs. The ECFMG website serves as a repository for the Acculturation Program’s resources, allowing international medical students/graduates to access these materials before leaving their home country, where these kinds of resources may be limited, and before the demands and challenges of the new training program begin. Materials are also available to graduate medical education program directors and staff for use in on-site orientations for newly arriving international medical graduates. For complete, up-to-date information on ECFMG’s Acculturation Program and to access the program’s resources, visit the Acculturation section of the ECFMG website at www.ecfmg.org/acculturation .
Last updated: September 15, 2011
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