A physician who graduated from a medical school outside of the United States and, usually, Canada. U.S. citizens who go to medical school outside this country are classified as foreign medical graduates (sometimes distinguished as USFMGs), just as are foreign-born persons who are not trained in a medical school in this country, although native Americans represent only a small portion of the group. As of 1972 there were more than 63,000 graduates of foreign medical schools in the United States, constituting more than 20 percent of active physicians in this country. The term is occasionally defined as, and nearly synonymous with, any graduate of a school not accredited by the LOME.
A graduate from a medical school outside the United States and Canada. In order to practice in the United States, an FMG must be certified by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), have one or more years of accredited residency training, and meet other requirements of the state medical board.