ECFMG partners with the Sint Maarten Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports to primary-source verify medical credentials of internationally educated physicians who are applying for registration to practice medicine in Sint Maarten. Beginning March 1, 2017, if you are applying for registration in Sint Maarten and you obtained your basic medical qualification from a medical school located outside of Sint Maarten, Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Saba, or the Netherlands, you must have certain required medical credentials verified through EPIC.
To have your credentials verified through EPIC, complete the following steps:
The following credentials are required by the Ministry in support of your application for registration to practice medicine in Sint Maarten:
For more information on the credentials verified through EPIC, see Using EPIC.
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 questions regarding the Ministry’s application processes, please contact Monique Rollings at Monique.Rollings@sintmaartengov.org.
Please also read the general Frequently Asked Questions in the For Physicians section of the website.
Beginning March 1, 2017, medical graduates applying for registration to the Ministry who obtained their basic medical qualification outside of Sint Maarten, Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Saba, or the Netherlands will need to create an EPIC Account and have their credentials primary-source verified through EPIC.
If you obtained your basic medical qualification outside of Sint Maarten, Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Saba, or the Netherlands and wish to apply for registration with the Ministry, you will need to create an EPIC Account and have the required medical credentials primary-source verified through EPIC beginning March 1, 2017.
The following credentials are required by the Ministry in support of your application for registration to practice medicine in Sint Maarten:
If you have questions regarding the credentials you are required to submit, please e-mail Monique Rollings at Monique.Rollings@sintmaartengov.org at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports.
We recommend that you create an EPIC Account and upload your credentials to EPIC as soon as possible after you have decided to apply to the Ministry. Through EPIC, your credentials are verified directly with the issuing institution. The time required to complete the verification of credentials varies and depends on a number of factors, including the time it takes for the issuing institution to respond to our verification requests.
Yes. The credentials that you upload to EPIC remain available to you as part of your EPIC Portfolio. You can use EPIC to send copies of these credentials along with reports verifying their authenticity to organizations worldwide at any time throughout your career.
No. The Ministry will not have direct access to your EPIC Portfolio. The Ministry will have access only to the credentials, notifications, and verification reports that you make available to them through EPIC.
When a report is sent to the Ministry, the Ministry will have access to the report and a copy of your credential through the EPIC Report Portal.
If you need to confirm whether the Ministry has accessed your report through the EPIC Report Portal, e-mail Monique.Rollings@sintmaartengov.org at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports.
An EPIC Report will only be sent for a credential if you indicate a Report should be sent to the Ministry for that credential. You should request an EPIC Report for the Ministry for each credential required by the Ministry.
If you are applying to the Ministry on or after March 1, 2017, and your credentials 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 credentials and verification reports to the Ministry. However, you will not need to upload the credentials that were previously verified by ECFMG; they will be added to your EPIC Account 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 credentials to your EPIC Portfolio.
If you have questions regarding EPIC’s services—such as creating an EPIC Account, uploading your credentials, 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 Ministry—such as necessary documentation, required credentials, or registration categories—please e-mail Monique.Rollings@sintmaartengov.org at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports.