Thousands of Indian MBBS graduates are finding themselves unable to appear for foreign medical licensing examinations, including the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) and the UK's Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) test, because their medical colleges have not completed a key regulatory requirement, according to Rema Nagarajan’s The Times of India report.
The issue stems from the absence of an ECFMG sponsor note in the World Directory of Medical Schools (WDOMS), a formal endorsement that indicates a medical college meets the standards set by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).
