ECFMG partners with the Eswatini Medical and Dental Council to primary-source verify documents required for registration to practice medicine in the Kingdom of Eswatini. If you are applying to practice as an intern, a medical practitioner, or a specialist on or after 15 July 2018, you must have certain required credentials verified through EPIC prior to submitting your application to the Council.
To have your documents verified through EPIC, complete the following steps:
For more information on the credentials verified through EPIC, see Using EPIC.
As you upload each document, be sure to select the Council to receive an EPIC Report once the document is verified. It is very important that you select the Council to receive an EPIC Report for each required document, as you upload it. If you do, the Council will be notified when your document has been sent for verification, and an EPIC Report on that document will be automatically sent to the Council when the document is verified. If you do not select the Council to receive an EPIC Report on a document at the time you upload it, you will be required to send an EPIC Report to the Council once your document is verified.
If your documents have already been primary-source verified by ECFMG for ECFMG Certification or through ECFMG’s International Credentials Services (EICS), you do not need to upload the documents that were previously verified by ECFMG. These documents will be added to your EPIC Portfolio at no cost. Simply provide your ECFMG/USMLE ID and/or EICS ID when you establish your EPIC Account. ECFMG will review your file typically within 10 business days; if your file is acceptable, ECFMG will add your previously verified documents to your EPIC Portfolio.
If you did not select the Council to receive an EPIC Report at the time you uploaded the document, you must go to the “My Reports” tab in your EPIC Account and request an EPIC Report for the Council.
Please note that the Council will not release your license and registration certificate until all required credentials have been verified and reported to the Council.
If you have any questions regarding EPIC and the EPIC verification process, please contact EPIC at info@ecfmgepic.org or +1 (215) 966-3900. Telephone assistance is available Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time in the United States.
If you have any questions regarding the Council’s application process, please contact the Council at swdmdc@swazi.net.
Please also read the general Frequently Asked Questions in the For Physicians section of the website.
Beginning 15 July 2018, if you are applying to the Council to practice as an intern, a medical practitioner, or a specialist, you must have the required credentials verified through EPIC in support of your application to the Council.
If you will be submitting an application for registration to the Council on or after 15 July 2018, you will be required to use EPIC to have your required credentials primary-source verified. You can create your EPIC Account and submit your credentials for verification at any time. You can submit your application for registration to the Council while your credentials are being verified, but please note that all credentials must be verified and reported to the Council before your license and registration certificate will be released by the Council.
We recommend that you create an EPIC Account and upload your documents to EPIC as soon as possible after you have decided to apply to the Council. Through EPIC, your documents are verified directly with the issuing institution. The time required to complete the verification of documents varies and depends on a number of factors, including the time it takes for the issuing institution to respond to our verification requests.
The credentials required by the Council in support of your application are:
Yes. The documents that you upload to EPIC remain available to you as part of your EPIC Portfolio. You can use EPIC to send copies of these documents along with reports verifying their authenticity to organizations worldwide at any time throughout your career.
No. The Council will not have direct access to your EPIC Portfolio. The Council will have access only to the verification reports that you make available to them through EPIC.
No. You do not need to wait until all your documents have been verified in order to request an EPIC verification report for the Council. As you upload each document, you can request that an EPIC Report on that document be provided to the Council once the document is verified; this report will be sent automatically.
When an EPIC Report is sent to the Council, the Council will have access to the report and a copy of your document through the EPIC Report Portal.
If you need to confirm whether the Council has accessed your report through the Report Portal, please contact the Council at swdmdc@swazi.net.
An EPIC Report will only be sent for a document if you indicate a report should be sent to the Council for that document. You should request an EPIC Report for the Council for each document required by the Council.
If your documents have already been primary-source verified by ECFMG for ECFMG Certification or through ECFMG’s International Credentials Services (EICS), you will need to create an EPIC Account and use EPIC to provide your documents and verification reports to the Council. However, you will not need to upload the documents that were previously verified by ECFMG; they will be added to your EPIC Portfolio at no cost. Simply provide your ECFMG/USMLE ID and/or EICS ID when you establish your EPIC Account. ECFMG will review your file typically within 10 business days; if your file is acceptable, ECFMG will add your previously verified documents to your EPIC Portfolio.
Yes. You may upload documents for verification in addition to those required by the Council. In addition to using EPIC in support of an application to the Council, you can use EPIC to build a digital career portfolio of the documents related to your medical education, training, and registration/licensure, and request reports verifying the authenticity of those documents for other organizations worldwide. Please note, however, that there is a fee associated with each document you upload to EPIC for primary-source verification. Therefore, in support of your application to the Council, you only need to upload documents required by the Council.
Additionally, you should not send EPIC Reports to the Council for documents that are not required in support of your application.
See Medical Credentials for more information on the documents you can add to your EPIC Portfolio, including definitions and document specifications.
When you submit a document to EPIC, ECFMG will make up to four verification attempts with the issuing institution. ECFMG is typically able to verify a document within 90 days, and it is not common that a document cannot be verified. If it has not been possible for ECFMG to primary-source verify your documents after four attempts at contacting the issuing institution, please contact ECFMG to discuss next steps.
If you have questions regarding EPIC’s services—such as creating an EPIC Account, uploading your documents, managing your portfolio, the verification process, sending verification reports, or fees—please contact EPIC at info@ecfmgepic.org or +1 (215) 966-3900. Telephone assistance is available Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time in the United States.
If you have questions regarding applying to the Council, please contact the Council at swdmdc@swazi.net.