Foundation for Advancement of Int'L Medical Education and Research

“The faimer board has assigned responsibility for the review and approval of the organization's form 990, as completed by bdo, to the ecfmg finance and audit committee, a related organization. Members of the committee receive the draft form 990 and review and approve it prior to submission.”

“Obligation to report timely all "possible conflicts of interest": it shall be the responsibility of all trustees and key employees to identify promptly to the chair of the board of ecfmg or faimer, as appropriate, all "possible conflicts of interest" whenever they arise; to declare their lack of independence; and to refrain from any discussions or deliberations regarding the identified "possible conflicts of interest" or voting on or taking any other action with respect to such matter. Failure to properly disclose a "conflict of interest" may subject the board member or key employee to disciplinary action up to and including dismissal from the board or termination of employment. Annual conflicts of interest disclosure forms for board and key employees: a conflicts of interest disclosure form shall be circulated annually to all current trustees and key employees. The senior vice president of ecfmg shall make a determination annually as to which current employees of ecfmg and faimer meet the definition of key employee for the purpose of the questionnaire.the conflicts of interest disclosure form shall be distributed in december of each year covering the current calendar year. Completed forms shall be returned to the secretary of the board for ecfmg. The board secretary shall have the responsibility to monitor the completion of requested forms and for making appropriate follow-up inquiries to non-responders. Non-responders to the secretary's requests shall be reported to the chair of the boards of ecfmg and faimer, as appropriate. Completed conflicts of interest disclosure forms shall be reviewed by the senior vice president, or in the case of the disclosure form of the senior vice president, by the president, and a report made annually of all identified "possible conflicts of interest" to the respective ecfmg and faimer boards. The senior vice president shall refer any responses to ecfmg's external legal counsel where there is uncertainty as to whether the response reflects a "possible conflict of interest". Legal counsel shall render an opinion directly to the chair and president of the respective organization regarding such matters.”

“Compensation for all individuals who provide services to faimer is paid by the educational commission for foreign medical graduates (ecfmg), a related organization. The executive compensation committee of ecfmg is charged by the board of faimer to review compensation for the chair and ceo of faimer. The chair of faimer is also the ceo of ecfmg and his/her compensation is reviewed on a total compensation basis, giving consideration to those duties performed on behalf of faimer as chair. Faimer does not have a corresponding group of organizations that can be used for comparability purposes. Accordingly, the ceo's compensation has been set and is reviewed annually by the executive compensation committee of ecfmg based upon academic qualifications, experience and performance in the position. Contemporaneous minutes are kept of the committee's review process and decisions made with respect to compensation.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available upon request.”

“Hours devoted to related organization: all personnel of this organization are compensated by a related organization, the educational commission for medical graduates.”

“Oversight of audit: there have been no changes during the year in the process for oversight of the audit of the financial statements.”

“To enhance and support international medical education and support the work of the educational commission for foreign medical graduates (ecfmg).”