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HI,
I am filing for Pennsylvania state lisence to begin my residency from july 06.Being a fmg I am not aware of certain terms which might be common here in us medical system. Please if anyone can clear following doubts-
1.Clinical rotations term -does it include only clinic teachings or the lectures also. If I include only ward teachings , I am not able to complete the requirement of 2880 hours of minimum clinical rotation hrs. but if I include lectures, I meet the requirement.
2.Is there any minimum requirement for hour per week for clinical rotation.Its written they will not give credit for more than 40 hrs per week.
but can it be less than 40 hrs like I am getting 19 hours per week.Is it ok as long as total is 2880hrs.
3.Its written minimum 72 weeks of clinical rotations required. My clinical rotations started quite early in 3rd year and are spread over 120 weeks(approx. 3hrs per day in beginning). Is this acceptable. So although the weeks are more, hrs per week are less.
4.How do you calculate weeks of credit. what is the minimum no. of weeks of credit required.
THANKS
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This rule was changed. I recently contacted the lawyer for the PA Med Board. The new ruling takes away the 72 min. weeks clinical.
Subchapter A. LICENSURE OF MEDICAL DOCTORS<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> § 17.1. License without restriction.
(a) Except as provided in [subsection (b) and] § 17.2 (relating to license without restriction--endorsement), to secure a license without restriction an applicant shall:
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(b) [An applicant who is a graduate of an unaccredited medical college, who files an application for a license after December 31, 1988--the application is not considered filed with the Board until it is complete--shall, in addition to satisfying the requirements in subsection (a), have completed: SUBMIT A DIPLOMA AND TRANSCRIPT VERIFIED BY A MEDICAL COLLEGE LISTED IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION DIRECTORY AND CHARTERED AND RECOGNIZED BY THE COUNTRY IN WHICH IT IS SITUATED FOR THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL DOCTOR EDUCATION. THE TRANSCRIPT SHALL IDENTIFY THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE EQUIVALENT OF 4 ACADEMIC YEARS OF MEDICAL EDUCATION INCLUDING 2 ACADEMIC YEARS IN THE STUDY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF MEDICINE GENERALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE MEDICAL EDUCATION COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES AND 2 ACADEMIC YEARS OF CLINICAL STUDY OF THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE MEDICAL EDUCATION COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
[(1) Four academic years totaling at least 32 months and 4,000 hours of instruction in medical curriculum. Regular attendance shall be verified. Credit will not be given toward this requirement for instruction obtained in other than an accredited or unaccredited medical college, except for clinical rotations assigned under the auspices of the medical college in which the applicant was enrolled while participating in the clinical rotations.
(2) Seventy-two weeks of clinical rotations in an institution which has a graduate medical training program in the clinical area for which credit is sought, or, if the institution is not within the United States, is either a part of a medical college or has a formal affiliation with a medical college.]
Applicants may use the Federation's Credentials Verification Service (FCVS) to verify their credentials to the Board.
§ 17.2. License without restriction--endorsement.
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(c) License examination. In evaluating the qualifications of an applicant who seeks a license without restriction on the basis of endorsement, the Board will accept [no substitute for] a passing score on a licensing examination acceptable to the Board. [See § 17.1(a)(1).]If the examination was not taken in English, but is otherwise acceptable, and a passing score was secured, the Board will accept the examination result if the applicant has also secured a passing score [of 550] on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) [or ECFMG certification].
(d) ECFMG certification. [The ECFMG established a certification mechanism which became effective on March 25, 1958. In part, the ECFMG certification process is designed to test whether a graduate of an unaccredited medical college has acquired sufficient medical knowledge to participate in graduate medical training in United States hospitals, and whether a person who has graduated from an unaccredited medical college and whose principal language is not English has mastered the English language so that the person has achieved the communication skills necessary to participate in graduate medical training in United States hospitals. The Board recognizes that many medical doctors who graduated from unaccredited medical colleges prior to the establishment of the ECFMG certification process and who have not received ECFMG certification have, nevertheless, been licensed as medical doctors prior to March 25, 1958, in this Commonwealth and in other states, territories and possessions of the United States. If, prior to March 25, 1958, a graduate of an unaccredited medical college secured a license to practice medicine and surgery without restriction in any of the states, territories or possessions of the United States, and has successfully completed 3 years of graduate medical training, the Board will endorse these qualifications as equivalent to the ECFMG certification. Additionally, the Board will endorse the combination of the successful completion of a fifth pathway program and an ECFMG certification examination as equivalent to the ECFMG certification.] For purposes of endorsement, a graduate from an unaccredited medical school who has obtained certification by the ECFMG shall be deemed to have the equivalent of a passing score on steps 1 and 2 of the USMLE.
(e) The Board may, IN LIEU OF THE EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBSECTION (c), consider years of experience WHETHER THE APPLICANT HAS A SIGNIFICANT HISTORY IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, HAS RECOGNIZED professional and academic achievement and credentials, and HAS OBTAINED certification by a Board recognized specialty certification body in lieu of the examination requirement provided in subsection (c).
§ 17.5. Graduate license.
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(c) Additional requirements for securing a graduate license are that the applicant shall satisfy the following:
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(2) [Have completed, if IF the applicant is a graduate of an unaccredited medical college or satisfies the requirements of subsection (b)(2), and files an application for a graduate license after December 31, 1988--the application is not considered filed with the Board until it is complete--the following: APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT A DIPLOMA AND TRANSCRIPT VERIFIED BY A MEDICAL COLLEGE LISTED IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION DIRECTORY AND CHARTERED AND RECOGNIZED BY THE COUNTRY IN WHICH IT IS SITUATED FOR THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL DOCTOR EDUCATION. THE TRANSCRIPT SHALL IDENTIFY THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE EQUIVALENT OF 4 ACADEMIC YEARS OF MEDICAL EDUCATION INCLUDING 2 ACADEMIC YEARS IN THE STUDY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF MEDICINE GENERALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE MEDICAL EDUCATION COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES AND 2 ACADEMIC YEARS OF CLINICAL STUDY OF THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE MEDICAL EDUCATION COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
[(i) Four academic years totaling at least 32 months and 4,000 hours of instruction in medical curriculum. Regular attendance shall be verified. Credit will not be given towards this requirement for instruction which was obtained in other than an accredited or unaccredited medical college, except for clinical rotations assigned under the auspices of the medical college in which the applicant was enrolled while he participated in the clinical rotations.
(ii) Seventy-two weeks of clinical rotations in an institution which has a graduate medical training program in the clinical area for which credit is sought, or, if the institution is not within the United States, is either a formal part of a medical college or has a formal affiliation with a medical college.]
(3)] Satisfy the requirements in § 16.12 (relating to general qualifications for licenses and certificates).
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§17.9. CREDENTIALS VERIFICATION SERVICE.
APPLICANTS MAY USE THE FEDERATION OF STATE MEDICAL BOARDS CREDENTIALS VERIFICATION SERVICE (FCVS) TO VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY OF THEIR DIPLOMAS, TRANSCRIPTS, EXAMINATION SCORES, AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION HELD BY THE FCVS.
You can contact:
Gerald S. Smith
Senior Counsel in Charge
Department of State
717-783-7200
e-mail: gerasmith@state.pa.us
I called him and he said they changed it because they were losing good potential resident candidates who were IMGs but did not qualify under the old rules. They did not update their website yet with the amendment. Hope this helps.
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