The Implications of the ECFMG 2023 Changes for the Physician Workforce

In 2010, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) announced a new policy. Starting in 2023, all international medical graduates seeking ECFMG certification to complete graduate medical education training in the US must have graduated from a medical school accredited by an agency that has been formally recognized by the World Federation for Medical Education. Discussing this new policy and its workforce and other implications for physicians in the US and abroad are Sean Tackett (@stacket1) and Dale Dauphinee and Academic Medicine editor-in-chief David Sklar and senior staff editor Toni Gallo (@AcadMedJournal). This episode is now available through iTunes and the Apple Podcast app, Spotify, GooglePlay, Stitcher, and SoundCloud. Read more about this topic, including the articles by Sean Tackett and Dale Dauphinee, which are discussed in this episode, at academicmedicine.org. A transcript of this episode is available upon request from academicmedicine@aamc.org. Further Reading Dauphinee WD. A further examination of previous and future policy opportunities of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates [published online ahead of print February 26, 2019. Acad Med. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002676. Tackett S. Examining the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates announcement requiring medical school accreditation beginning in 2...
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