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Graduates of Foreign Medical Schools: Progression to Certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.

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Gary, Nancy E.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1997

Data are presented on 9,491 graduates of foreign medical schools applying for certification through the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) in 1988, including the proportions certified, entering accredited residency programs, participating in physician exchanges, as well as their visa status. Details and requirements of…

Descriptors: Certification, Citizenship, Employment Patterns, Foreign Medical Graduates

Fraudulent Medical Degrees. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care of the Select Committee on Aging. House of Representatives, Ninety-Eighth Congress, Second Session.

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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1984

The purchase of fraudulent medical degrees and credentials and the provision of medical care by unqualified people posing as doctors are the subject of these hearings before the U.S. House of Representatives. Investigations revealed the following findings: U.S. citizens who graduated from foreign medical school have received medical licenses…

Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Certification, Cheating, Credentials

Federal, State, and Private Activities Pertaining to U.S. Graduates of Foreign Medical Schools. Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care, Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, by the U.S. General Accounting Office.

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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1985

A followup to a 1980 General Accounting Office (GAO) report was undertaken to evaluate public and private activities that addressed problems created by U.S. citizens studying medicine abroad and returning to the United States to practice medicine. The 1980 report made suggestions to ensure that U.S. foreign medical graduates received education and…

Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Agency Cooperation, Certification