foreign medical graduates:

Foreign Medical Graduates offer a critical service to the US Healthcare System, but with various pathways to practice it can be confusing for Medical Services Professionals to fully understand what may or may not be needed in the credentialing and privileging process. This presentation will give an overview of the various foreign medical graduate training programs and entry processes and review local requirements, as well as policy and procedure best practices.

• Participants will be able to describe the pathways for practice in the United States by Foreign Medical Graduates
• Participants will be able to define the process for ECFMG certification.
• Participants will be able to identify US equivalent FMG trainings.