intership or clerkship confusion

[southpaw]

Hi everyone

I have a question about online applicaiton for step1
from ecfmg website. I am confused whether i should call my clinical rotation before graduation intership or clerkship.

This is what ECFMG instruction says:

Item 20. Clinical Clerkships: The term clinical clerkships refers to that period in
your medical education in the clinical disciplines during which, as a medical student, you gained practical experience in hospitals or clinics through
rotations, pregraduate internships, etc.

So must I put in all my clerkship information, when applying online for the test? Would I be denied ECFMG certification if I do not enter this?

My 2nd question is: ECFMG website also asks if I did an intership before getting medical diploma.

How should I answer the question? I guess I should answer yes, because I did one year clincial rotation through IM, Surgery, Ob-Gyn, and Pediatrics at the 5th year of my medical school in my home country. The first 4 years of my medical school were classes.

So I am confused whether i should call my clinical rotation before graduation intership or clerkship.

My 3rd question is if I need to do anything to speed up the process it takes for ecfmg to verify with my medical school about my diploma.

Thanks.

[IMG SURVIVOR]

Originally Posted by southpaw

Hi everyone

My 3rd question is if I need to do anything to speed up the process it takes for ecfmg to verify with my medical school about my diploma.

Thanks.

For that you can actully pay FED EX so they send the paper faster and not by normal mail that is what I did.

about the other question I will try to answer you in another moment but for now this is there information:

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