ECFMG Certification.

When you have completed USMLE Step 1, Step 2, and CSA you will be eligible for ECFMG certification. Click here for other requirements for ECFMG Certification. You will initially be given a “standard ECFMG certificate” with an expiry date. If you don’t join a medical residency or fellowship program before the date printed, your ECFMG certificate will expire. Once you join an internship or residency program, complete and mail the required Form 246, for permanent validation of ECFMG certificate.  Do this ASAP after starting your residency. You will require your residency program director’s signature on the form. ECFMG will now send you validation stickers by mail. Once these stickers are placed on your ECFMG certificate, the expiration date is cancelled and the certificate becomes “valid indefinitely”.