Eligibility

1. Applicants must meet one of the following qualifications to be eligible for appointment to an ACGME-accredited program:
    
   1. be a graduate from a medical school in the United States or Canada, accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or graduation from a college of osteopathic medicine in the United States, accredited by the American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (AOACOCA);

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   2. be a graduate from a medical school outside of the United States or Canada, and meet one of the following additional qualifications:
      
      1. hold a currently valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) prior to appointment; 
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      2. hold a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the United States licensing jurisdiction in which the ACGME-accredited program is located.

2. Prerequisite Training
    
   1. All prerequisite post-graduate clinical education required for initial entry or transfer into ACGME-accredited residency programs must be completed in ACGME-accredited residency programs, AOA-approved residency programs, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)-accredited or College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)-accredited residency programs located in Canada, or in residency programs with ACGME International (ACGME-I) Advanced Specialty Accreditation.
       
   2. To be eligible for appointment to the program, residents must have successfully completed a prerequisite year of direct patient care in a program that satisfies the requirements in the above paragraph 2a in emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, surgery or surgical specialties, the transitional year, or any combination of these.
      • During the prerequisite year, elective rotations in diagnostic radiology or interventional radiology must only occur in radiology departments with a diagnostic radiology or interventional radiology residency program that satisfies the requirements in paragraph 2a, and must not exceed a combined total of two months.

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