The program director must comply with the criteria for resident eligibility as specified in the Institutional Requirements. III.A.1. An applicant must meet one of the following qualifications to be eligible for appointment to an ACGME-accredited program: (Core)
III.A.1.a) graduation 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); or, (Core)
III.A.1.b) graduation from a medical school outside of the United States or Canada, and meeting one of th efollowing additional qualifications: (Core)
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.b).(1) holding a currently valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) prior to appointment; or, (Core)
III.A.1.b).(2) holding a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the United States licensing jurisdiction in which the ACGME-accredited program is located. (Core)
III.A.2. 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
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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. (Core)
III.A.2.a) Residency programs must receive verification of each applicantresident's level of competency in the required clinical field using ACGME or CanMEDS Milestones assessments , CanMEDS, or ACGME-I Milestones evaluations from the prior training program upon matriculation. (Core)
The Review Committee may further specify prerequisite postgraduate clinical education.
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A physician who has completed a residency program that was not accredited by ACGME, AOA, RCPSC, CFPC, or
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ACGME-I (with Advanced Specialty Accreditation) may enter an ACGME-accredited residency program in the same specialty at the PGY-1 level and, at the discretion of the program director
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of the ACGME-accredited program and with approved by the GMEC, may be advanced to the PGY-2 level based on ACGME Milestones
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evaluations at the ACGME-accredited program. This provision applies only to entry into residency in those specialties for which an initial clinical year is not required for entry. (Core)
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4. Resident Eligibility Exception
The Review Committee for _____ will allow the following exception to the resident eligibility requirements specified in Section III.A.2.b) for residency programs that require : (Core)
Note: A Review Committee may permit the eligibility exception if the specialty requires completion of a prerequisite residency program prior to admission. (Core)
III.A.1.d) Review Committees will grant no other exceptions to these eligibility requirements for residency education. (Core)
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If this language is not applicable, this section will not appear in the specialty-specific requirements.
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An ACGME-accredited
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residency program may accept an exceptionally qualified international graduate applicant
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who does not satisfy the eligibility requirements listed in
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, but who does meet all of the following additional qualifications and conditions: (Core)
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evaluation by the program director and
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residency selection committee of the applicant's suitability to enter the program, based on prior training and review of the summative evaluations of this training
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; and, (Core)
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review and approval of the applicant's exceptional qualifications by the GMEC
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; and, (Core)
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verification of Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certification
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. (Core)
III.A.24.b).(5) Applicants accepted by through this exception must complete fellowship Milestones evaluation (for the purposes of establishment of baseline have an evaluation of their performance by the Clinical Competency Committee ), conducted by the receiving fellowship program within six within 12 weeks of matriculation. This evaluation may be waived for an applicant who has completed an ACGME International-accredited residency based on the applicant's Milestones evaluation conducted at the conclusion of the residency program. (Core)
III.A.2.b).(5).(a) If the trainee does not meet the expected level of Milestones competency following entry into the fellowship program, the trainee must undergo a period of remediation, overseen by the Clinical Competency Committee and monitored by the GMEC or a subcommittee of the GMEC. This period of remediation must not count toward time in fellowship training. (Core)
[Each Review Committee will decide no later than December 31, 2013 whether the exception specified above will be permitted. If the Review Committee will not allow this exception, the program requirements will include the following statement]:
III.A.2.c) The Review Committee for does not allow exceptions to the Eligibility Requirements for Fellowship Programs in Section III.A.2. (Core)
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