Various Forms Necessary For Usmle Application Procedure

Hi Guys I am going to post this Blog on Various Forms That are related to USMLE Application

IWA - ECFMG's Interactive Web Application -For Online application Of Step1,2Ck and CS

Form 183 - Step1 Paper Application that must be sent along with online part

Form 186 - A.K.A CIN Certificate Of Identification Form -Paper application form of Step2 CK and CS sent along with online form...Once accepted,It remains valid for 5years

Form 187 -IWA Document Submission Form - Must be accompanied with Any Papers other than Application that u sent by Mail..It Guides our documents to the right place(For ex:Clinical clerkshps/Form 182) ...For Medical diploma u shud send Form 344,345 also along with this(See Below)

Form 182 - Request to Change Applicant Biographic Information -Like DOB/ Name Change...Must be sent with supporting Documents

Form 176 - Paper Form for Requesting a USMLE Step 1 / Step 2 CK Eligibility Period Extension..Must reach EXFMG before 25th day from the last day of ur current slot and u will get the next threee consecutive months.U can apply only when u enter the eligibility slot period which u already have.U can apply extension only once per slot.

Form 344 - ECFMG Medical Education Credentials Submission Form -Must send accompanying the Medical diploma(Photo copy) when u submit the later along with Form 186 & 187....Works as a check list

Form 345 - Medical School Release Request - Must Send 2copies along with Form186,187 Accompanying Medical Diploma...One Copy Comes back along with Medical Diploma to ur Medical School For Verification...

Form 900 - Payment Form - Pay application fees/Eras fees to ECFMG thru paper Form(These days it became obsolete)

Form 172- Request for an Official USMLE Transcript-This is for regular Individual Personal Request..Feesis 50$ For 10 copies of Transcripts..For Step3 / State Licences Use www.fsmb.org/cvs (ECFMG’s Certification Verification Service)

So For Step2 Ck Application u have to send (Including for Verification)

Form186

Clinical clerkship

form 187

Medical Diploma Photocopy

form 344

form 345

Hope This Helps !

Dr Pavan Kumar Bhamidipati

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USMLE Application procedures and Various Forms...

Hi Guys! I will be posting the Application Procedures Here..

Before applying to USMLE Step1 u must be Registered with https://iwa2.ecfmg.org/

Alert! : Dont Give any Wrong info or do practicals with this one! Whatever u give..It will be PERMANENT!

Precautions to take where most ppl do mistakes!:

1.Date Of Birth (see date and month clearly)

2.First and Last Name : Remember LAST NAME is ur SIRNAME and indicate Middle name as a seperate word IF u have it the same in ur PASSPORT(forget about ur other certificates..Passport is the standard one!)

3.Give a Personal e-mail account(i prefer Gmail) Without any clutter in it and use it exclusively for urUSMLE purposes...

It will take 2-5 days to get ur account activated..

This is ECFG/USMLE ID...

Now Step-1 & Step2ck Applcation Process..

Open www.ecfmg.org

Login Into IWA by clicking on it and using ur ecfmg/usmle id

Select Step1 application by selecting"Begin a new application"

And u hve to fill a 10-12 page application

Finally u get 2part Application..

These two parts to the ECFMG IWA application are

1. The On-line Part of the application: the part you submit to ECFMG electronically, and
2. The Certification Statement (Form 183): the part you send by mail to ECFMG if you are a medical school student

or

The Certification of Identification Form (CIN) (Form 186): the part you mail to ECFMG if you are a medical school graduate

Documents u have to send with them...

1.Send Form183 With ur photo attested and Signed my Ur Medical School Dean/Principal

or

Send Form 186 with Photo attested and Notarised if u r a Graduate

2.For Step1 Send Clinical clerkship For the First 3yrs MBBS to show that u have been thru The basic sciences departments(mandatory/Better if u sebd it!)

For Step2 CK Send this clinical clerkship with all year's Clerkships as a list with ur College's Official Seal on it

3.If u have Name Change / DOB Change send FORM 182 -Biographic Information Change Certificate

ie.,If u submit wrong order of ur name/wrong DOB u can change it with this form and u have to send a supporting document for this..Like passport/Birth certificate etc..

Along with Step2CK application (Form 186) send The Medical Diploma...

It will come back again to your college for Verification...

Read Dr D's Credential Verification process ...HERE

For Step2 CS

If u have already applied for Step2ck and sent ur CIN ....Once the CIN gets approved it will be valid for 5years...

So No need to send anymore Paper applications along with your online applications..

If Not.. if u are applying for CK b4 CS Its the same as for the ck application

For Step3

U have to Select a state like Conneticut and apply for that state where there r Minimal/No Requirements...

Here u have to Apply thru www.fsmb.org once u pay the money u will get a form called CERTIFICATION OF IDENTITY (CID) form u have to attest a photo on it and send it after u get it Notarised..This is the only Form u have to send in the case of Connecticut's Application.For some other States u have to send State Licence and other documents along with it..

Read abt Step3 application procedure by Dr.D ...HERE

Remember for sending the Clerkships,Medical Diploma along with ur application u shud send a Form Called FORM 187(Document Submission Form) (except for Step3)......Which Guides ur Forms to the Rt place..

So..All put togetherFor an application For Step2ck u have to send..

1.Online part of application (once u pay amt it is automatically submitted)

2.Form 186

3.Form187

4.Clinical Clerkship

5.Medical Diploma(No need to send transcripts now)

I will be Posting a Blog with all the Forms Together Later...

Hope this Helps...

Dr Pavan Kumar Bhamidipati :-)

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EMSWP-News From ECFMG...Online Verification of Student/Graduate Status....

It seems like refreshing breeze on a Mid summer's Afternoon !!..
Ya....! I Feel like it Cuz i know the pains i went thru in getteing my self verified by Ecfmg...WTH...Its a 2 month process almost!During our days of snail mail ....It used to take 2 months for this process...Now ECFMG seems to wokeup and updated its barbaric Methods Of Verification Process...My Friend Got verification Twice and even ECFMG withheld his Step1 Scores Until they got his Status verified..After that before feeling a sigh of relief he again got Status letter for which he had to verify again !!!...

Coming to the Point ...From its recent newsletter from Ecfmg(Issue 126--Read that HERE)..We came to know that on its website...It Introduced a new feature called... EMSWP ECFMG Medical School Web Portal..Through which International Medical schools (Ya especially for them) can verify the status of an ECFMG applicant....

Procedure is...

1)The Medical Colleges apply to the ECFMG EMSWP administrator for User Id to Gain access to the EMSWP system..by applying to emswpadmin@ecfmg.org (I tried to login with my id but i failed ;-) )

2)Next when the examinee applies online for the first time at the end of applying he will be indicated whether his college participates in this program will be provided with a one time CIN Form-candidate Identification Form / Certification statement depending on his graduation status (U know what it is if u have applied as a graduate ...Read abt my forms HERE)

3)Once The CIN form accepted by ECFMG it stays valid for the next following 5 years

4) The examinee can take steps directly from the IWA online without any need to submit further Identification forms everytime he applies for an exam..

5)so the Scheduling permits come fast and makes the entire process a Breeze !

The bad thing is ECFMG will not register a student for an examination until after the medical school verifies that the student is enrolled and has completed/will complete the basic medical science component of the medical school curriculum ...It will affect his selected Eligibility Period if this process gets late ...and u know there is no deadline for this verification process !!and colleges can take their OWN TIME !.

No More paper hassles....!
Read Further abt this ....HERE

Hope this helps !

Dr Pavan

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