ECFMG certification

[jeyhan]

Hello! I am a board-certified family medicine doctor from outside of the US. For the past six years, I have been working in a microbiology lab in the US (postdoc, project scientist with MD PhD degrees), which means I have not been practicing medicine during this time. Although I do not plan on applying for a residency to practice medicine again, I am interested in finding a faculty position in the medical microbiology department at a US medical school. I am wondering if passing USMLE 1, 2, and 3 (ECFMG certification) would still be worth pursuing and helpful in achieving this goal. TIA!

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[poptrop]

It probably doesn't make a lot of sense if you don't plan to practice medicine. There are plenty of PhDs who are faculty in medicine departments, so I would imagine you would fit in this category with the benefit of some extra medical training, but that probably doesn't add much since you can't practice.

 

[mszzeta]

Hello! I am a board-certified family medicine doctor from outside of the US. For the past six years, I have been working in a microbiology lab in the US (postdoc, project scientist with MD PhD degrees), which means I have not been practicing medicine during this time. Although I do not plan on applying for a residency to practice medicine again, I am interested in finding a faculty position in the medical microbiology department at a US medical school. I am wondering if passing USMLE 1, 2, and 3 (ECFMG certification) would still be worth pursuing and helpful in achieving this goal. TIA!

No, this will not be helpful at all