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Medical College of Georgia
Graduate Medical Education Policies and Procedures
Office of Primary Responsibility: Graduate Medical Education
No. HS 11.0
Graduation Verification
1.0 Purpose
To establish guidelines for ensuring House Officers provide verification of
graduation
2.0 Procedure
2.1 Release of Information Form
When an applicant is interviewed for a House Officer position at the Medical
college of Georgia, the attached Release of Information Form
(Attachment A) must be completed and placed in the applicant's
folder.
2.2 Verification - Medical/Dental
School Graduation Verification
Once an applicant is selected for a House Officers position, medical/dental
school graduation verification can begin as follows:
2.2.1 Medical Graduates - United
States, Canada and Puerto Rico
The following must be sent directly to the medical school from which the
M.D., MBBS, MBBS Ch, D.O., D.M.D. or D.D.S. degree was received:
Note:
Graduates of medical schools in Puerto Rico and Canada are not
considered international medical graduates (IMG). Therefore, medical
school graduation verification should be processed the same as graduates
from medical schools in the United States.)
2.2.2 International Medical
Graduates (IMG)
The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certified
physicians have passed the perquisite medical science examination and
English language proficiency test and had their medical education
credentials verified by the ECFMG. An ECFMG certificate, must be valid
through the start date of the Training Program and must be on file with the
House Officers application.
The attached "Request for
Status Report of ECFMG Certification" (Attachment
D) should be completed by the Program Director and sent to ECFMG if the
House Officer does not have a certificate. According to the ECFMG, the
completed request should be returned to the Program Director within 2 weeks
or less.
2.2.3 5th Pathway Medical
Graduates
Medical verification of graduates from 5th Pathway Programs must provide the
Program Director with the following:
A copy of the 5th Pathway Certificate and the
name/address of the medical school from which the certificate was received
The following must be sent directly to the medical school from which the
medical degree was received:
2.2.4 Dental Graduates - United
States and Puerto Rico
The attached verification letter/form (Attachment B)
must be sent directly to the Dental school from which the D.D.S. or D.M.D.
degree was received. (A self-addressed return envelope and a copy of the
release form signed by the House Officer should be sent with the
verification letter.) The letter requests the verification be returned to
the Program Director's office within 30 days.
2.2.5 Dental Graduates - Located
Outside of the United States and Puerto Rico
Only applicants who graduate from Dental/education Programs approved by the
Commission on Dental Accreditation can be considered for appointment as a
Dental/Oral Surgery House Officer.
2.3 Medical/Dental School Graduation
Verification Form or the Request for Status Report of ECFMG Certification
Within 45 days from the start date of the Training Program, the completed
Medical/Dental School Graduation Verification Form or Request for Status Report
of ECFMG Certification must be on file in the department House Officers folder.
2.4 All interns, residents, and fellows must have a notarized copy of their medical diploma on file in the Graduate Medical Education Office before a contract will be issued.
2.5 Attachments
Effective Date: 7/05 Revision/Review Date:
12/05 10/07 |