CocaCola
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i think the only difference is
FMG - doctors who graduated from a school outside the US and is a non-resident of the US (not a citizen or green card holder)
IMG - all doctors who graduated from schools outside the US, (citizens, green card holder and non-residents)
only advantage is visa issues!
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| Doc750
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FMG gets to come earlier in the alphabet ...
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| dr.roh
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ok...thanx cocacola....
--yeah wasnt sure.....
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| dr.roh
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ok...I looked it up
FMG are like carribean medical school students (they were green card holders or citizens when they went to medical school)---did 2 years clinicals in usa hospital...and 2 years basic science outside
IMG--are people who did all of the medical school outside of the country....their clinicals were done outside of usa...
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| veens
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@ dr.roh , what u had said regarding FMG & IMG is true but the term FMG is no longer used.....even the carribean grads are called the IMG's nowadays
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| dr.roh
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And I dont want anyone to think I am bias..........my dad is an IMG, & me and my brother are FMG....my sister just started school in usa so she will be an AMG.......so we got a good mix going 
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| veens
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@MPH you totally lost it!
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| dr.roh
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you are right veens....now its called same I guess....
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| bbb
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No difference. International grads - foreign grads all went to school outside the USA. International is a little more polite.
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| CocaCola
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i guess i had it all wrong
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| prader-willi
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its the same guys.....
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| zrf80
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Some people took offense to be labeled as a FOREIGN medical Grad, so they changed it to INTERNATIONAL medical grad.
FMG is no longer used..........
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| bbb
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....except in the ECFMG
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| zrf80
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^^^ Im offended. 
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