USMLE Step 3 Applicants Can Simultaneously Apply for Credentials Verification

The Federation Credentials Verification Service offers a new service to USMLE candidates who complete their Step 3 application online. As a convenience to examinees, information entered on their Step 3 online application can be used to begin a personalized FCVS Physician Information Profile that contains their primary-source verified credentials.

As a USMLE Step 3 applicant, you will benefit from enrolling in FCVS by having your credentials verified and accessible when you are ready to apply for your first full and unrestricted license to practice medicine. You'll be able to begin practicing medicine — and generating income — sooner. And you'll have access to those credentials thereafter.

Think Ahead

What would happen if your resident training program closed? According to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, more than 100 resident training programs close each year. In the event that your program were to close, how would you get verification that you successfully completed the training? If you attended an international medical school, are you certain that you will be able to successfully get verification from that school 20 or 30 years from now?

State medical boards will not issue a license and hospitals will not grant you privileges without verified credentials. What would it be worth to you at that point to have those credentials already verified and stored safely and securely for your use?

A physician's FCVS profile of verified credentials is confidential and proprietary. Only you may designate a recipient to receive your profile. With identity theft and fraud dramatically increasing, the security that FCVS places on required documents for a physician to practice medicine ensures confidence and peace of mind.

• How to apply when completing Step3 on-line application.
• How to complete your FCVS profile once you have begun your FCVS application.
• Licensing Boards accepting FCVS Physician Information Profiles

How to apply when completing Step3 on-line application.

At the end of your Step 3 application, you will have the opportunity to create your FCVS profile (see below). Just follow the on-screen directions to create your FCVS profile.

For your convenience, FedEx Office (formerly FedEx Kinko's) offers discounted services to FCVS applicants, including photocopies and passport quality photographs. Most of the documentation that you will be requested to send to FCVS can be taken to your local FedEx Office location for one-stop shopping at a greatly reduced cost. Notary services are also available, regular fees apply. Simply present Preferred Customer number 8400051717 at your local FedEx Office location. To find your nearest FedEx Office location, click here.