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March 11, 2021Academic Medicine

Medical School Accreditation Factors Associated With Certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG): A 10-Year International Study

Sean Tackett John R. Boulet Marta van Zanten

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Abstract

Accreditation had a positive association with ECFMG certification rates. Future studies should investigate how accreditation processes might account for higher certification rates.

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Tackett et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dff11620bceaa15d8602f4 https://doi.org/10.1097/acm.0000000000004047

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