When Returning, Register Foreign Qualifications As Additional Qualifications Unless Foreign Medical Specialist/Super-Specialist Examinations Evolve
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https://doi.org/10.56450/JEFI.2026.v4i01.019Keywords:
Immigrant Physicians, Emigrant Physicians, Foreign Medical ExaminationsAbstract
This is a plea to the emigrant physicians returning from United States/United Kingdom/Canada/Australia/New Zealand as specialists and/or super-specialists to remember registering their foreign qualifications with National Medical Commission as additional qualifications with a concurrent plea to National Medical Commission and National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences to consider evolving Foreign Medical Specialist/Super-Specialist Examinations for the emigrant physicians returning as specialists and/or super-specialists from the rest of the world.
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1. National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences: The Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) https://natboard.edu.in/viewnbeexam?exam=fmge Last accessed October 10, 2025
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5. National Medical Commission: Download Application Forms https://www.nmc.org.in/information-desk/download-application-forms/ Last accessed October 10, 2025
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