Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
ECFMG partners with the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council (UMDPC or Council) to primary-source verify documents required for registration to practice medicine in Uganda. If you are applying for registration with UMDPC and you obtained your basic medical qualification in a country other than Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, or Burundi, you may be required to have certain medical credentials verified through EPIC.
To have your documents verified through EPIC, complete the following steps:
Prior to registering for an EPIC Account and submitting your credentials for verification, you should confirm that you need to have your credentials verified through EPIC for the purpose of applying for registration with the Council. Please contact the Council at [email protected] to confirm, if necessary.
See Getting Started with EPIC for complete instructions. Once ECFMG has processed your request and established your EPIC Account, ECFMG will e-mail you login information so you can access your EPIC Account.
See Confirming Your Identity with EPIC for detailed information. Confirming your identity with EPIC requires you to submit an EPIC Identification Form (EIF). Once this form has been accepted by ECFMG, you will be able to upload documents required by UMDPC to EPIC for primary-source verification.
Log in to your EPIC Account and upload the required documents for primary-source verification. The credentials that may be required by the Council in support of your application are:
For more information on the credentials verified through EPIC, see Using EPIC. To confirm which credentials are required in support of your application, please contact the Council at [email protected].
As you upload each document, be sure to select the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council to receive an EPIC Report. 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 the 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 UMDPC 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 after it is verified.
If your credentials 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 credentials that were previously verified by ECFMG. These documents will be added to your EPIC Portfolio at no cost. Simply provide your USMLE/ECFMG 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.
You may apply for registration with the Council while your credentials are being verified; however, your license and registration certificate will not be issued until the required credentials have been verified.
For additional information on the Council’s registration application process, please visit UMDPC’s website at https://umdpc.com/ .
If you selected the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council to receive an EPIC Report when a document was uploaded, that report will be sent to the Council automatically when the document is verified.
If you did not select UMDPC 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 Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners 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 us.
If you have any questions regarding UMDPC’s application process, please contact the Council at [email protected].
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Please also read the general Frequently Asked Questions for Physicians.
1. I am applying to the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council for registration; do I need to use EPIC?
Beginning 1 August 2023, if you are applying for registration to the Council and you obtained your primary qualification from a school located outside of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, or Burundi, you may be required to have certain credentials verified through EPIC in support of your application to the Council.
To confirm whether this requirement is necessary in support of your application, please contact the Council at [email protected].
2. When do I need to start using EPIC?
If you will be submitting an application for registration to UMDPC on or after 1 August 2023, you may 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 required credentials must be verified and reported to the Council before your license and registration certificate will be released by the Council.
3. How far in advance of applying for registration to the Council do I need to upload my credentials to EPIC?
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 UMDPC. 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.
4. Which credentials do I need to submit to the Council through EPIC?
The credentials below may be required by the Council in support of your application:
To confirm which credentials are required in support of your application to UMDPC, please contact the Council at [email protected].
1. Will I have access to my medical documents after I apply to the Council?
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.
2. Will the Council have access to my EPIC Portfolio?
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.
3. Do I need to wait until all of my credentials have been verified before requesting EPIC Reports for the Council?
No. You do not need to wait until all your credentials 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; the report will be sent automatically once the document is verified.
4. I requested that an EPIC Report be sent to the Council. How do I know if the Council received the verification report and a copy of my document?
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 [email protected].
5. Can I select the Council to receive EPIC Reports only once, or should I do it for every document individually?
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.
6. Do I need to use EPIC when applying to the Council if my credentials have already been verified by ECFMG for a purpose other than applying to the Council?
If 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 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 USMLE/ECFMG 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.
7. Can I verify additional credentials not required by the Council?
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 credentials related to your medical education, training, and registration/licensure, and request reports verifying the authenticity of those credentials 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 credentials 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.
8. What if ECFMG cannot obtain verification of my credentials?
When you submit a credential 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.
9. If I have questions or problems regarding EPIC, should I contact EPIC or the Council?
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 us.
If you have questions regarding applying to UMDPC, please contact the Council at [email protected] or +256-200-904427. UMDPC’s website is https://umdpc.com/ .
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[Last update: May 12, 2025]
