National Board of Examinations has been conducting computerised based Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) screening test in June & December every year. It has been introduced through screening test regulations 2002..
As per the regulations, “An Indian citizen/Overseas citizen of India possessing a primary medical qualification awarded by any medical institution outside India who is desirous of getting provisional or permanent registration with the Medical Council of India or any State Medical Council on or after 15.03.2002 shall have to qualify a screening test conducted by the prescribed authority for that purpose as per the provisions of section 13 of the Act”.
Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) is a licensure exam, which aims to sift the charlatans from those, who have acquired their medical degrees from another country, but are knowledgeable and skilled enough to bloster the country’s physician workforce. It is an exercise in transparency, with a well defined curriculum, which specifies the distribution and weightage of each subject, has no negative marking, and no limit on the number of attempts.
USMLE- United States Medical Licensing Examination
Is a three-step medical examination which allows the medical graduates to practice their medical career in the U.S. All medical aspirants can appear only three times within 12 months for USMLE.
The USMLE is under the governance of two medical bodies- the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME).
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