Upon your initial, conditional acceptance by a participating medical school and after Jan. 1 for all programs (except applicants accepted by an Early Decision Program, for whom a background check takes place at the point of acceptance), Certiphi Screening, Inc., will send an email to the preferred email address you entered in your AMCAS application. The email will give you access to a secure, online form through which you will provide basic identifying information and consent for a background report to be procured. Your consent will serve for all participating medical schools that offer you conditional acceptance.
Once you have provided consent, Certiphi Screening, Inc., will conduct a background check. When the background check is complete, Certiphi Screening, Inc., will send an email to your preferred email address asking you to review the background check report before its distribution. Once you have received the email, you will have 10 calendar days to contest the accuracy of the contents of the background check report. Once you have reviewed and released the report or after the specified 10-calendar-day period has elapsed, the background check report will be made available to the participating medical school(s) that made a conditional offer of acceptance.