Exams for foreign medical personnel get IATF go-ahead

QUALIFYING EXAMS for foreign medical professionals will go ahead next month in areas under more relaxed forms of quarantine following clearance from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).

In IATF-EID Resolution No. 62 approved on Wednesday, the task force said it allowed the Qualifying Assessment for Foreign Medical Professionals to go through next month.

“The resumption of the Part II of the testing activities for the Qualifying Assessment for Foreign Medical Professionals tentatively scheduled on 19 September 2020 by the Professional Regulation Commission is ratified,” according to the resolution.

Both the Physician Licensure Examinations and the QA will only be done in areas under general community quarantine (GCQ) and modified general community quarantine (MGCQ)

In July, the IATF-EID allowed the Physician Licensure Exams to go ahead in September.

In a briefing, Thursday, IATF-EID Spokesperson Herminio L. Roque said, “Kung saan gagawin ang exam ay sa mga lugar na nasa ilalim ng GCQ or MGCQ. Kailangan din mag-observe ng strict health protocols during the exams (Wherever the exam takes place, the area should be under GCQ or MGCQ. Strict health protocols must also be observed).” — Gillian M. Cortez