ECFMG acts as the registration and score-reporting agency for the USMLE for foreign medical students/ graduates, or in short, it acts as the designated Dean's office for the Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs), called nowadays as the International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in contrast to the American Medical Graduates (AMGs).
It conducts three examinations: Step 1, Step 2CK, Step 2CS. The ECFMG certificate is issued to a physician if he or she clears the above the three exams within a time period of seven years.
History
First established in 1956.References
External links
- Education Committee for Foreign Medical Graduates
- United States Medical Licensing Examination
- International Medical Graduates United
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ECFMG acts as the registration and score-reporting agency for the USMLE for foreign medical students/ graduates, or in short, it acts as the designated Dean's office for the Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs), called nowadays as the International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in contrast to the American Medical Graduates (AMGs).
It conducts three examinations: Step 1, Step 2CK, Step 2CS. The ECFMG certificate is issued to a physician if he or she clears the above the three exams within a time period of seven years.
History
First established in 1956.References
External links
- Education Committee for Foreign Medical Graduates
- United States Medical Licensing Examination
- International Medical Graduates United
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Last updated on Tuesday February 26, 2008 at 23:42:56 PST (GMT -0800)
View this article at Wikipedia.org - Edit this article at Wikipedia.org - Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation
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