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Really, looking online most places seem to quote that their electives start on the first Monday of each month and run for 4 weeks. I guess I'll keep looking, I would appreciate any recommendations. No I'm a US or Canadian citizen. My understanding is that once you are ECFMG verified (have pass step 1 and 2 exams) then you can participate in the match and most programs will except this with the expectation that you will be certified once you graduate. Please correct me if I am wrong.
I am Irish so non US/Canadian citizen. I will graduate the May after I was hoping to match. So you think not be ECFMG certified until then will rule me out of a lot of programs. Would it make much of a difference if I already had a visa for the US. My girlfriend is American so there is a chance I will have a relationship visa or visa through marriage by then. Is there any way to research what level of certification programs require.
Is there any way to research what level of certification programs require.
I don't know if it will help, i'm not an expert, but if you have a Green Card by then you would be fine but if you have a Visa i'm not really sure.
I'm actually the one with questions. I've seen that non-US citizens from Ireland match to the US often directly out of medical school so I was actually wondering how they managed to do that. Was it that they just found programs that would rank them with expectation of a certification. I think a lot of programs especially the top tier ones specifically require ECFMG certification before rank or at application while community or mainly IMG programs will rank you even without ECFMG certification.
Best way to do research is go on FREIDA, which is a database of all residency programs and they will link you to all the websites of each program. Then you just need to go to the "how to apply" page and find out what they require.
Some schools issue their diploma soon after finals so they can submit it earlier, rather waiting until graduation.