Completing an accredited U.S. residency program has long been a pre-requisite to sit for the internal medicine board exam. But last week, the American Board of Internal Medicine announced a proposal that would allow “exceptionally qualified” international medical graduates who complete a U.S. fellowship program to be eligible to take both the general and specialty medicine boards – even if they did their residency overseas.
This would be a major change to longstanding policies, and would create clear short-term benefits for certain groups (with less obvious long-term tradeoffs for others).
So you know what that means.
That’s right, it’s time to break it down, Winners & Losers™️ style.
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