UMHS Licensure Foreign Medical Schools Medical School Licensure ShareThis Email To graduate from the University of and Health Sciences (UMHS) with a Doctor of (M.D.) degree, UMHS students must successfully pass both Step 1 and Step 2 of the United States Licensing Examinations (USMLE). To practice medicine in the United States, UMHS graduates must successfully pass all three steps of the United States Licensing Examinations (USMLE) and be certified by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG). UMHS also offers a board preparation program in 5th semester to further prepare students to pass Step 1 of the USMLE on their first attempt. In Spring 2013 approximatley 93% of our students passed the USMLE, with an average score of 220. Each state regulates medical licensure in the United States. Because these standards vary by State, we urge students to contact their state medical board for further information about licensure. United States Licensing Examinations (USMLE) Three tests comprise the USMLE, and they assess a physician s ability to apply knowledge, concepts, and principles as well as to demonstrate fundamental patient-centered skills that constitute the basis of safe and effective patient care. USMLE Step 1 (taken prior to semester 6 at UMHS) Assesses whether medical school students understand and can apply important concepts of the sciences basic to the practice of medicine. USMLE Step 2 CK and Step 2 CS (taken prior to graduation from UMHS) Assesses whether medical school students can apply medical knowledge, skills and understanding of clinical science essential for provision of patient care under supervision. USMLE Step 3 (taken prior to completion of residency training)
Assesses whether medical school graduates can apply medical knowledge, skills and understanding of biomedical and clinical science essential for the unsupervised practice of medicine. ECFMG Certification Students graduating from international and Caribbean medical schools must be certified by the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) in order to gain residency and licensure in the US. All UMHS students receive ECFMG certification by successfully graduating from our MD program and passing USMLE Steps 1 and 2. There is no additional certification exam on the students' part prior to graduation. Residency Positions Residency programs begin July 1st of each year. In order to be eligible, students must have the following prior to May 31st: - Passing scores on the USMLE Step 1 and USMLE Step 2 CK and Step 2 CS - Diploma from the University of and Health Sciences - ECFMG certificate When applying for residency positions, deadlines are critical. Most residency programs accept applications from September to December for entry the following July. Students apply through ERAS, the Electronic Residency Application Service, beginning in the summer prior to the match. Interviews are generally conducted from September to January. The best way to become familiar with programs and their addresses is to obtain a copy of the American Medical Association (AMA) Graduate Medical Education Directory, also known as the green book, a resource available online. The guide lists programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Match Program The National Resident Match Program (NRMP) is a national placement service that most programs and applicants participate in, as it greatly optimizes the chances of getting a residency position. Students apply to programs through ERAS then must also participate in the NRMP in order to match with one of those programs. Students may begin their ERAS application in July and begin submitting them between September and each program s autumn or winter deadline. To be eligible to participate in the NRMP, students must sit for the USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK and CS by December of the year prior to which they wish to enter residency training. Students must also be scheduled to graduate from medical school on or before May 31st of the match year.
After applying to the NRMP, students must apply to each residency program in which they are interested and go on interviews. In February, students must submit a rank order list to the NRMP. The rank order list is a list of the programs where students interviewed, ranked from most to least desirable. Simultaneously, all residency programs submit their rank order lists of the candidates they interviewed. computerized matching process begins and results are released in March. If a student matches to a specific program, it is a binding contract. Students normally begin in their respective programs on or before July 1. If a student fails to match or is not eligible to enter the NRMP, the student can still apply to residency programs to obtain a position outside the match. Students who participated in NRMP but did not match will be sent a publication listing all unfilled residency positions. Congratulations to those graduates that obtained a residency program this year. We are very proud of your accomplishments and want to wish you the best in your future endeavors.
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MATCH RESULTS 2011 Ob/Gyn (Categorical) Aultman Hospital (Canton, OH) Categorical Ob/Gyn (Categorical) Monmouth Medical Center (Long Branch, NJ) Internal (Categorical) Hahnemann University Hospital Program (PA) Internal (Categorical) University of Nevada (Reno, NV) (Categorical) University of Illinois College of General Surgery (Preliminary) University of Nevada Program (Las Vegas, NV) MATCH RESULTS 2012
UAMS-AHEC (Jonesboro, AR) Surgery (Preliminary) University of South Florida COM (Tampa, Fl) Internal Tripler Army Medical Center (Hawaii) Internal Johns Hopkins/Sinai (MD) Transitional St. Mary Mercy Hospital (MI) Ob/Gyn Oakwood Hospital (MI) Ob/Gyn WSU/Detroit Medical Center (MI) Beaumont Health System (Grosse Pointe, MI) Internal WSU/Detroit Medical Center (MI) Transitional Detroit Medical Center (MI) Synergy Medical Ed Alliance (MI) /Pediatrics Michigan State University (Kalamazoo, MI) Internal Kettering Medical Center (OH) PRE MATCH 2012
Penn State (PA) (Pre-Match Internal Pinnacle Health System (PA) Clinton Memorial (OH) Internal New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NC) MaTCH results 2013 UMHS Caribbean Medical School St. Kitts
UMHS Caribbean Medical School St. Kitts
UMHS Caribbean Medical School St. Kitts
Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Louisiana Charleston Area Medical Center/West Virginia University UMHS Caribbean Medical School St. Kitts
Clinton Memorial Hospital, Ohio Genesys Regional Medical Center, Michigan Greenville Hospital System/University of South Carolina UMHS Caribbean Medical School St. Kitts
Greenville Hospital System/University of South Carolina Hoboken University Medical Center, New Jersey Louisiana State University School of, New Orleans UMHS Caribbean Medical School St. Kitts
Maine-Dartmouth Program Medical Center of Columbus, Georgia Medical Center of Columbus, Georgia UMHS Caribbean Medical School St. Kitts
Munson Medical Center, Michigan Pennsylvania State University/Good Samaritan Hospital Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, Illinois UMHS Caribbean Medical School St. Kitts
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, McKeesport Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University, North Carolina Internal Detroit Medical Center Corporation/Sinai-Grace, Michigan Internal Johns Hopkins/Sinai UMHS Caribbean Medical School St. Kitts
Hospital, Maryland Internal Medical College of Georgia Internal Saint Joseph s Regional Medical Center, New Jersey Internal Saint Louis University School of, Missouri UMHS Caribbean Medical School St. Kitts
Internal Southern Illinois University School of, Illinois Internal University of Arizona Affiliated Hospitals Internal Wayne State University School of, Michigan UMHS Caribbean Medical School St. Kitts
Internal /Pediatrics Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, New Jersey Internal /Primary Care Danbury Hospital, Connecticut Neurology (PGY-1 Internal ) Emory University School of, Georgia
Neurology Medical College of Wisconsin Obstetrics & Gynecology Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Pennsylvania Obstetrics & Gynecology MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, Maryland UMHS Caribbean Medical School St. Kitts
Pediatrics Medical Center of Central Georgia/Mercer University Pediatrics Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland Pediatrics Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland UMHS Caribbean Medical School St. Kitts
Physical & Rehabilitation Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Missouri Physical & Rehabilitation Wayne State University School of, Michigan Psychiatry Medical College of Wisconsin UMHS Caribbean Medical School St. Kitts
Psychiatry University of Connecticut School of Psychiatry Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Michigan Surgery Saint Mary s Hospital, Connecticut UMHS Caribbean Medical School St. Kitts
Transitional Detroit Medical Center Corporation, Michigan Canada Dalhousie University, Fredericton UMHS Caribbean Medical School St. Kitts
McMaster University, Hamilton University of Toronto, Barrie-Newmarket, Canada MaTCH results 2014 Anesthesiology University of Toledo-OH Anesthesiology WSU/Detroit Med Ctr-MI Anesthesiology WSU/Detroit Med Ctr-MI Anesthesiology LSUHSC-Shreveport-LA
Child Neurology St Louis Univ SOM-MO Child Neurology St Louis Univ SOM-MO Med/Grosse Pointe Beaumont Health System-MI Med/N Caddo LSUHSC-Shreveport-LA Tallahassee Mem Healthcare-FL Lincoln Med Ed Partnership-NE U Oklahoma COM-OK City University Hosps-Jackson-MS Mountainside Hosp-NJ McLaren Reg Med Ctr-MI Tallahassee Mem Healthcare-FL Yuma Regional Med Ctr-AZ Vidant Med Ctr/East Carolina Univ-NC
UPMC McKeesport-PA Northeast Iowa Med Ed Fdn Univ of Wyoming-Cheyenne Vidant Med Ctr/East Carolina Univ-NC U Alabama SOM-Huntsville WSU/Detroit Med Ctr-MI Selma Fam Med Res-AL Virtua Med-NJ Advocate Christ Med Ctr-IL Univ of Wyoming-Cheyenne Moses H Cone Mem Hosp-NC Greenville Hosp Sys/Univ of So Carolina
Cox Medical Centers-MO Mercy Memorial Hospital System-MI MidMichigan Med Center-MI /Jonesboro UAMS-Regional Programs-AR General Surgery U South Florida COM-Tampa General Surgery Sinai Hospital of Baltimore-MD Int Med/Det/Harper/VA WSU/Detroit Med Ctr-MI Internal U Tennessee COM-Memphis Internal Mountainside Hosp-NJ Internal Billings Clinic-MT Internal St Marys Hospital-CT Internal Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion SOM Internal New Hanover Reg Med Ctr-NC
Internal Advocate Lutheran Gen Hosp-IL Internal Pinnacle Health Hosps-PA Internal Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion SOM -Preliminary Riverside Methodist-OH Pathology LSU SOM-New Orleans-LA Pediatrics U South Alabama Hospitals Pediatrics Beaumont Health System-MI Psychiatry Albert Einstein Med Ctr-PA Psychiatry Hennepin Co Med Ctr-MN Psychiatry U Iowa Hosps and Clinics Psychiatry Barnes-Jewish Hosp-MO Psychiatry U IL-Methodist Med Ctr Radiology Northeast Ohio Medical University (PGY2)
Surgery-Preliminary WSU/Detroit Med Ctr-MI Surgery-Preliminary Easton Hospital-PA Canada Internal University of Calgary - Calgary, AB University of Ottawa - Ottawa, ON Match Results 2015 Anesthesiology U Arkansas-Little Rock AR Baptist Health Madisonville KY Barberton Hosp/NEOMED OH
Beaumont Health System MI Charleston Area Med Ctr/WV Univ WV Clarkson Med Res NE Genesys Reg Med Ctr MI Greenville Health Sys/Univ of So Carolina SC Greenville Health Sys/Univ of So Carolina SC Kadlec Regional Med Ctr WA La Grange Mem Hosp IL Lehigh Valley Hosp PA Med Coll Wisconsin Affil Hosps WI
Munson Medical Center MI North Florida Regional Med Ctr FL Northeast Iowa Med Ed Fdn IA Oakwood Hospital MI Oakwood Hospital MI St Louis Univ SOM MO Sts Mary and Elizabeth Med Ctr IL U Oklahoma COM-Tulsa OK UAMS-Regional Programs AR University Hospital & Clinics LA
University Hospital & Clinics LA University Hospital & Clinics LA UPMC McKeesport PA Virtua Med NJ Internal Advocate Lutheran Gen Hosp IL Internal Good Samaritan Hosp-Cinn OH Internal Grand Strand Reg Med Ctr SC Internal Hosp Episcopal San Lucas PR Internal Jersey Shore Univ Med Ctr NJ Internal
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii HI Internal Mayo School of Grad Med Educ MN Internal Morehouse Sch of Med GA Internal Morehouse Sch of Med GA Internal Pinnacle Health Hosps PA Internal U Connecticut School of CT Internal Univ of Chicago Med Ctr IL Internal University Hosps-Columbia MO Internal UPMC Mercy Hospital PA Internal Virginia Mason Med Ctr WA Internal
Wayne State University SOM MI Neurology Duke University NC Neurology Howard Univ Hosp DC Obstetrics-Gynecology Oakwood Hospital MI Pediatrics Jackson Memorial Hosp FL Pediatrics Jersey Shore Univ Med Ctr NJ Pediatrics U South Alabama Hospitals AL Psychiatry Case Western/Univ Hosps Case Med Ctr OH Psychiatry Cooper University Hospital NJ Psychiatry Ponce Sch of Med PR Psychiatry SIU SOM & Affil Hosps IL Psychiatry Univ of South Dakota SSOM
SD Psychiatry University Hosps-Columbia MO Surgery Jackson Memorial Hosp FL Canada Dalhousie University CN MATCH RESULTS 2016
Anesthesiology Advocate IL Masonic Med Ctr IL Anesthesiology University of Toledo OH Cahaba Medical Care AL Selma Fam Med Res AL Selma Fam Med Res AL Selma Fam Med Res AL U Alabama SOM-Huntsville AL UAMS-Regional Programs - Jonesboro AR Yuma Regional Med Ctr AZ U. of British Columbia - Vancouver Island -Strathcona CN University of Manitoba CN Gwinnett Medical Center GA
Medical Center Central Georgia/Mercer U SOM GA Medical Center Central Georgia/Mercer U SOM GA Medical Center of Columbus GA Medical Center of Columbus GA Medical Center of Columbus GA Northeast Iowa Med Ed Fdn IA La Grange Memorial Hospital IL SIU Carbondale IL Sts Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center IL Sts Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center IL U Illinois COM-Rockford IL Union Hospital IN Union Hospital IN
Louisiana State University Health Science Center- Shreveport LA Louisiana State University School of New Orleans LA University Hospital & Clinics LA University Hospital & Clinics LA Beaumont Health System-Grosse Pointe MI Grand Rapids Med Ed Partners MI Pontiac General Hospital MI Hennepin County Medical Center MN Research Medical Center MO Univ of North Dakota SOM -Rural Williston ND Lincoln Med Ed Partnership NE St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center - Youngstown OH Sacred Heart -Allentown PA
Sacred Heart -Allentown PA Washington Hospital PA Washington Hospital PA Williamsport Hospital PA Wright Center for GME PA Greenville Health Sys/Univ of So Carolina SC Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion SOM VA United Hospital Center WV Univ of Wyoming-Casper WY Internal U Arizona COM - Phoenix AZ Internal Providence Hospital DC Internal Brandon Regional Hospital FL Internal Georgia Regents Univ.-Univ. of GA Medical Partnership GA
Internal Georgia Regents Univ.-Univ. of GA Medical Partnership GA Internal Mercy Hospital & Med Ctr IL Internal SIU SOM & Affil Hospitals IL Internal Providence Hospital MI Internal Wayne State University School of MI Internal Wayne State University School of MI Internal Mountainside Hospital NJ Internal Drexel Univ COM/Hahnemann Univ Hospital PA Internal Pinnacle Health Hospitals PA Internal Pinnacle Health Hospitals PA Internal Hospital de la Concepcion PR Internal Hospital Episcopal San Lucas PR -Preliminary Griffin Hospital CT
-Preliminary U Tennessee COM-Memphis TN -Primary Wright Center for GME PA Neurology U Tennessee COM-Memphis TN Obstetrics-Gynecology MedStar Franklin Square Med Ctr MD Obstetrics-Gynecology St. Joseph Mercy - Ann Arbor MI Obstetrics-Gynecology NEOMED/Aultman Hospital OH Obstetrics-Gynecology Hospital Episcopal San Lucas PR Pediatrics U IL-St Francis Med Ctr IL Pediatrics Sinai Hospital of Baltimore MD Pediatrics Newark Beth Israel Med Ctr NJ Pediatrics St. Josephs Reg Med Ctr NJ Phys & Rehab Barnes-Jewish Hospital MO Psychiatry U IL-Methodist Med Ctr IL
Psychiatry Detroit Medical Center/WSU MI Psychiatry Bergen Regional Medical Center NJ Radiology-Diagnostic University of Toledo OH Surgery-General Univ of South Carolina SC Surgery-Preliminary Mayo School of Grad Med Education MN Surgery-Preliminary St. Louis University School of MO Surgery-Preliminary York Hospital PA Transitional Detroit Medical Center/WSU MI Transitional Detroit Medical Center/WSU MI Transitional Hospital Episcopal San Lucas PR Resources
USMLE Secretariat 3750 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-3190 Telephone: 215-590-9700 FAX: 215-590-9457 United States Medical Licensing Examination web site American Medical Association 515 N. State Street Chicago, IL 60610 312-464-5000 American Medical Association web site ECFMG 3624 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-2685 USA Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) web site National Resident Match Program 2540 N Street, N.W., Suite 1 Washington, D.D. 20037-1037 202-828-0566 National Resident Match Program (NRMP) web site