{"pk":61781,"title":"The International Medical Graduate","subtitle":null,"abstract":"International medical graduates (IMGs) are graduates of medical schools located outside the United States (U.S.) and Canada. IMGs face various challenges on the road to U.S. residency training. These challenges include sitting for the United States Medical Licensing Examinations (USMLEs) to obtain certification from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG). After that, IMGs are faced with a foreign application process whereby they must apply for and secure a position in a residency program through the Electronic Residency Application System (ERAS) and the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Once accepted into a residency program, IMGs who are not US citizens or legal permanent residents are challenged with securing a visa to be able to practice in the U.S. In this article, we elaborate on these processes and highlight the challenges IMGs may face along the way.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"Emergency Medicine"},{"word":"international medical graduates"},{"word":"National Residency Matching Program"},{"word":"match"},{"word":"Residency"},{"word":"Visa"},{"word":"Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates"},{"word":"USMLE"},{"word":"Foreign Medical Graduates"}],"section":"Review Article","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6jc8t7cx","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Mohamad Ali","middle_name":"","last_name":"Cheaito","name_suffix":"","institution":"Department of Emergency Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon","department":""},{"first_name":"Brigitte","middle_name":"","last_name":"Kazzi","name_suffix":"","institution":"Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, New York, United States","department":""},{"first_name":"Eveline","middle_name":"","last_name":"Hitti","name_suffix":"","institution":"Department of Emergency Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon","department":""},{"first_name":"Kamal","middle_name":"","last_name":"Badr","name_suffix":"","institution":"Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon","department":""},{"first_name":"Salah","middle_name":"","last_name":"Zeineldine","name_suffix":"","institution":"Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon","department":""},{"first_name":"Ziad","middle_name":"","last_name":"Kazzi","name_suffix":"","institution":"Department of Emergency Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon\nDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States","department":""},{"first_name":"Amin","middle_name":"","last_name":"Kazzi","name_suffix":"","institution":"Department of Emergency Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2019-12-11T14:04:04-08:00","date_accepted":"2019-12-11T14:04:04-08:00","date_published":"2019-12-31T16:00:00-08:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_medjem/article/61781/galley/47666/download/"}]}