{"id":22753,"date":"2021-04-26T10:22:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T14:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/?page_id=22753"},"modified":"2021-08-05T10:38:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T14:38:11","slug":"foreign-citizens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/pediatric-gastroenterology-fellowship\/foreign-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-22753\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-22753-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-22753-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-22753-0-0-0\" 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.<\/li>\n<li>Fellowship 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":22689,"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 04:17:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22753"}],"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=22753"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24280,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22753\/revisions\/24280"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}