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ram3
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09/11/07 - 07:24 AM

Since you say you do not know what a Fifth pathway Program I will educate on this subject and because of this I can suume you are Not from New York

What is a Pathway?

A pathway is an approved avenue to residency training at a U.S. hospital, which completes a medical student’s education. Before 1971, there were four pathways:

Graduation from a U.S. medical school
Certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
Full and unrestricted licensure by a U.S. licensing jurisdiction
Passing the Spanish language licensing examination in Puerto Rico.

But in 1971, a new pathway was created – the Fifth Pathway.

What is the Fifth Pathway?

An avenue by which students who have attended four years at a foreign medical school may complete their supervised clinical work at a U.S. medical school, become eligible for entry to U.S. residency training, and ultimately obtain a license to practice in the U.S.

Who can qualify for a Fifth Pathway?

Only students who:

Graduated from an accredited American college or university;
Studied medicine at a medical school located outside the United States that is listed in World Health Organization's World Directory of Medical Schools and which requires a year or more of internship/social service (beyond the four years of medical school) before receiving a medical degree;
Completed all formal requirements of their foreign medical school except the final year(s) of clinical work/social service.
Students must be a citizen, resident alien, or Canadian Citizen with a student visa.

How are Fifth Pathway students different from International Medical Graduates?

Fifth Pathway students do not graduate from a foreign medical school. They leave early, and complete a final year of medical training in the U.S.
Fifth Pathway students receive no medical diploma from the U.S. medical school sponsoring their Fifth Pathway year of clinical education. They receive a ‘Certificate of Completion,’ which is accepted in lieu of a diploma in virtually all U.S. licensing jurisdictions.
The Fifth Pathway certificate is the Fifth Pathway physician’s medical credential.

ram3
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09/11/07 - 07:25 AM

So there BBB now you know

bbb
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09/11/07 - 11:15 AM

ram3 wrote:
Since you say you do not know what a Fifth pathway Program I will educate on this subject and because of this I can suume you are Not from New York

Or I am lying to protect my double secret identity....... cool

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