Applicant Qualifications

• Must be a graduate or expect to graduate soon from a U.S. or Canadian Allopathic OR Osteopathic Medical School; or
• Must be a graduate of an international Medical School
• Must be able to prove legal ability to work in the United States.  We are not able to sponsor any type of visas
• While there is no absolute cut off for USMLE scores or number of attempts to pass, we will give preference to applicants with scores above 80 and no more than two attempts
• COMLEX in lieu of USMLE is accepted for Osteopathic applicants
• There is also no absolute cutoff for year of graduation, however, the State of Arizona requires you to have completed the USMLE within 7 years of graduation in order to obtain a license
• ECFMG Certification (or in progress)
• IMG’s are expected to have 6-12 months recent US medical experience, which includes but is not limited to direct patient care, an externship or observership, education about patient care or clinical research in the U.S. (A significant portion of this experience must be relevant to psychiatry, i.e., involvement with psychiatry research, trained or practiced psychiatry in home country or externship experience in the U.S.)

Last updated on December 16, 2009