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Transfers -ECFMG changes....
IMPORTANT NOTICE ON NEW RESTRICTIONS FOR TRANSFERRED ACADEMIC CREDITS
One of the medical education credential requirements for ECFMG
Certification is that an international medical graduate must have had
at
least four credit years (academic years for which credit has been given
toward completion of the medical curriculum) in attendance at a medical
school that is listed in the International Medical Education Directory
(IMED). A change to ECFMG's medical education credentials policy will
restrict transfer credits that may be used to meet this requirement.
This change will affect credits earned on or after January 1, 2008,
that
are transferred to the medical school that issued or will issue an
applicant's medical degree.
For the purpose of ECFMG Certification, transferred academic credits
earned on or after January 1, 2008, are restricted to:
- Credits transferred from one IMED-listed medical school to another
IMED-listed medical school.
- Credits for courses taken at one medical school within seven years of
the date of graduation at the medical school that accepts the
transferred courses.
- Credits for courses that were passed at the medical school at which
the course was taken.
Applicants who have transferred credits to the medical school that
issued or will issue their medical degree will be required to document
these credits when they apply to ECFMG for examination. This
documentation must be in the form of a transcript issued by the school
at which the course was taken; failure to provide appropriate
documentation of transfer credits earned on or after January 1, 2008,
will prevent exam registration. Further instructions will be provided
at
the time of application.
Applicants whose transferred credits do not meet all the criteria
listed
above will not meet the requirements to be registered by ECFMG for
examination or the requirements for ECFMG Certification.
An international medical student/graduate whose transferred credits do
not meet all the criteria listed above may request an exception from
the
ECFMG Medical Education Credentials Committee.
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