{"id":22605,"date":"2021-04-22T09:58:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T13:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/?page_id=22605"},"modified":"2021-12-02T07:19:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T12:19:44","slug":"foreign-citizens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/pediatric-orthopaedic-surgery-fellowship\/foreign-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-22605\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-22605-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-22605-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-22605-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Foreign citizens who wish to enter the United States for postgraduate training must comply with the United States immigration laws.<\/p>\n<p>All applicants must be citizens, permanent residents or on a J1 or J2 Visa. H visas are not accepted for training at the University of Connecticut.<\/p>\n<h3>Foreign Medical School Graduates<\/h3>\n<p>Foreign medical school graduates should contact the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates for details concerning requirements. All requirements must be complete prior to the deadline match list submission.<\/p>\n<h3>Additional Requirements<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Valid ECFMG certificate.<\/li>\n<li>A minimum USMLE score is not required, but candidates must pass each step taken on the first attempt to be considered for an interview.<br \/>\nFellowship applicants must have completed an ACGME accredited pediatric residency.<\/li>\n<li>Research experience is not required.<\/li>\n<li>If there is a gap in training, you will need to provide an explanation in your ERAS personal statement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Externships\/Observerships<\/h3>\n<p>Unfortunately, our program does not offer these experiences at this time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign citizens who wish to enter the United States for postgraduate training must comply with the United States immigration laws. All applicants must be citizens, permanent residents or on a J1 or J2 Visa. H visas are not accepted for training at the University of Connecticut. Foreign Medical School Graduates Foreign medical school graduates should [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"parent":22544,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 13:48:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22605"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22605"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25274,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22605\/revisions\/25274"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}