PROFESSIONDatabase on foreign med schools in worksThe new information source would help state medical boards assess the education IMGs receive.By Myrle Croasdale, amednews staff. Sept. 4, 2006. State medical boards evaluating international graduates seeking U.S. licensure often have no real way to ascertain the quality of these physicians' undergraduate medical education and training. But that is changing. The Federation of State Medical Boards adopted a policy establishing additional guidelines that state boards should follow when evaluating an IMG's undergraduate training. Among its recommendations is development of a database on international medical schools that would be available to all state boards. "We are increasingly a global society, and being able to work with our international colleagues and to be able to understand and assess their educational programs is important," said James N. Thompson, MD, FSMB president and CEO. A working group is being formed to spearhead the database development, but the FSMB did not have a timeline for when it would be completed. The database will be created in collaboration with the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates. Information on international medical schools could include:
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