How to obtain the qualification examination of American medical practitioners

1. Contact ECFMG first, get the certification, get the registration qualification, register in Beijing, and then take the exam (step 1, step2CK).

2. then apply for a visa to go to the United States to take the step2 CS part of the exam. There is also a note from ECFMG to the Immigration Bureau, requesting to apply for an IMG (International Medical Postgraduate) visa in order to apply for the step2 CS exam in the United States. Therefore, it is less likely that this visa will be refused.

3. If you successfully passed Step 2 CS, congratulations. You can find ECFMG certification to obtain ECFMG certificate.

Then there is the most difficult and time-consuming place, that is, the intern competition, which is likely to get stuck here. I can get ECFMG certificate at most in my life, but I can't get a doctor's license.

5. Then, IMG must practice in the United States for 2 years (residency training in the United States is generally 5 years, and then it can become a specialist) before taking the step3 exam (internship is required by local candidates in the United States 1 year), and the internship has a elimination rate, which generally requires an annual elimination rate of 10%. If the internship ends successfully, you can go to the third step and get USMLE.

In fact, the exam is not the most difficult part in this process, but the most difficult part is the matching part. What is a match? That is, if you pass step 1 and step2, you need to enter the national intern selection (match) and get the opportunity to enter the American resident training system. It is said that the probability of successful matching of international students is 50% every year (generally speaking, American medical college graduates are much more likely to get interns than foreign medical college graduates). You must think 50% is a high proportion. In fact, most of the 50% foreign medical students are already in the United States (MASTER\PHD is studying or postdoctoral, or has obtained a green card through other means).