Have you completed all ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates) requirements to start a residency?
This question will only be important for foreign medical graduates looking to enter a psychiatry residency training program. If you are in this category, your interviewers will need to know that you already have your ECFMG certification by completing steps 1 and 2 of the USMLE.
"Yes, I have completed steps 1 and 2 of ECFMG requirements for my J-1 visa. I have brought the supporting paperwork with me. Would you like to take a copy?"
If you are a foreign medical graduate, come to your psychiatry residency interviews prepared to discuss the steps you have taken for the ECFMG certification. If you have any supporting paperwork, bring it with you to the interview and offer it to the interviewers. You must be prepared with an affirmative answer to this question.
