Table of Contents 02 New Features 02 Testlet QBank for the MCCQE Part 1 04 Features Added to CanadaQBank Website 04 Find Us On Facebook 05 Facebook Post 06 Appendix 06 Step 1 07 Step 2 07 Step 3 09 Step 4 11 Step 5 12 Important Websites Issue One | June 2010 CanadaQBank is an online test preparation service for the medical licensing exams of Canada. Our features, accuracy and expertise in question and case creation will give you the very best studying experience available. Thousands of medical students and physicians worldwide use CanadaQBank to help them prepare for the MCCEE, the MCCQE Part 1 and the MCCQE Part 2. Please sign up and be on your way to passing these exams with the highest scores possible, or check out our free demo QBanks.
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Table of Contents02 New Features
02 Testlet QBank for the MCCQE Part 1
04 Features Added to CanadaQBank Website
04 Find Us On Facebook
05 Facebook Post
06 Appendix
06 Step 1
07 Step 2
07 Step 3
09 Step 4
11 Step 5
12 Important Websites
Issue One | June 2010
CanadaQBank is an online test preparation service for the medical licensing exams of Canada. Our features, accuracy and expertise in question and case creation will give you the very best studying experience available. Thousands of medical students and physicians worldwide use CanadaQBank to help them prepare for the MCCEE, the MCCQE Part 1 and the MCCQE Part 2. Please sign up and be on your way to passing these exams with the highest scores possible, or check out our free demo QBanks.
Please become a Facebook member and post and meet others, like Anuraj, preparing for the medical licensing exams of Canada and applying for post graduate training and jobs in Canada.
When I took my MCCEE . . .
Hi guys,
I think that the computer-based format is quite good. I can’t imagine taking it for eight hours as people did before. It must
be very hard. I think the allocated time is enough. One thing I want to mention is the normal values. When the values were
given in the questions, there were normal values next to them (they looked like small nice tables), but when they were in the
answers as options the normal values weren’t there. I forgot to mention it in the satisfaction survey after the exam, maybe
someone else will do that later. It is very annoying when you try to remember the vales especially of hormones in the blood.
I read before in other forums people stating that they took the exam and can’t even guess their chances to pass. I had the
same feeling.
Remember the key is to study smart and not everything.
I did the questions on this website for about approx 6-8 hrs a day for the last 1-2 months before the exam. Be confident.
that is the most important thing. You will have lots of time during the exam. Just relax, sit back and answer the questions.
Practice the questions on this site. I found it really useful because it refreshes your memory a lot. Sleep well before the exam. I
am sure you will do very well.
As I said before, the general rule of thumb is to repeatedly practice MCCEE style questions. Usually 7 times the actual
number on the test. For example, if the actual test has 175 questions, practice a minimum of 7 x 175 = 1225. But the key is to
do them repeatedly and learn the explanations. Practice all the subjects, don’t ignore the PMCH category, it has a lot of ethics
and epidemiology questions.
The QBank for the MCCEE on CanadaQBank.com is really great. They keep adding new questions all the time. As I always
say, forget about big textbooks. I always laugh when I see people with those Toronto Notes or those large textbooks like Guy-
ton, Harrisons, Cecils, Nelsons etc. No way in a million years will those books help with the MCCEE or MCCQE. Best way to
prepare is to do as many MCCEE and MCCQE style questions and cases as possible. Do these questions repeatedly and learn
the explanations!
The exam consists of 175 multiple choice questions. Each multiple-choice question has a stem and five options, of which
only one is correct. The exam is 4 hours in length. The MCCEE is a multiple choice test, offered as a computer based exam.
The MCCEE is designed as a general assessment of the candidate’s basic medical knowledge of the principal fields of medi-
cine, including medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry, surgery and preventive medicine and community
health.
I think the questions on CanadaQBank are very helpful for the actual MCCEE. See the MCCEE styles is a little different
than the USMLE. On the USMLE the opening stem of the questions tend to be long, sometimes (for USMLE Step 3) they can
2 paragraphs. In comparison, the MCCEE has historically had much shorter opening stems. Maybe one sentence. This may
seem like an easier question, but since there is less info in the opening stem it can actually be a harder question to answer.
The CanadaQBank questions reflect on this style difference, that is why they seem different than the USMLE QBanks They
test the main 6 subjects: medicine, pediatrics, obgyn, psychiatry, surgery and ethics/epidemiology. Medicine will always have
more questions than the other topics. But yes it is mostly evenly distributed, as far as I can remember. The topics they test
are not kept a secret. The MCC (Medical Council of Canada) lists ALL the tested material here: http://www.mcc.ca/en/exams/
objectives/. Just go through it and you will see.
I like this CanadaQBank because they took each topic that is listed in those objectives and made questions for them and
put them into one big online test bank.
You can’t beat that! There is nothing like this website anywhere on the internet or in bookstores. Trust me I checked!
Steps to becoming a licensed practicing physician in Canada:
Step 1: Take the exams Medical Licensing Exams of Canada Prepare for the exams --> Canada QBank: http://www.canadaqbank.com/ Take the exams --> Medical Council of Canada: http://www.mcc.ca/
Step 2: Learn as much as you can about how to be a physician in Canada
IMG Support Groups and Information resources
Association of International Medical Doctors of British Columbiac/o Coordinator, BCITP Net (British Columbia Internationally Trained Professionals Network)Surrey Delta Immigrant Services Society1107-7330 137th StreetSurrey, BC V3W 1A3Email: [email protected]: (604)-729-6598Web: http://aimd.bcitp.net
Alberta International Medical Graduates Association (AIMGA)1409 Edmonton Trail NE, Suite 205Calgary, Alberta T2G 3K8Tel: (403)-520-7730/ (877)-520-7730Email: [email protected]: http://www.aimga.ca
Association of Foreign Medical Graduates of Manitoba (AFMGM)Email: [email protected]: (204) 284-8509Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Association of International Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (AIPSO)2 Carlton Street, Suite 820Toronto, ON M5B 1J3Tel: (416) 979-8611 | Fax: (416) 979-9853Email: [email protected]: http://www.aipso.ca
Access Centre for Internationally Educated Health Professionals:http://www.healthforceontario.ca/ Hamilton International Healthcare Professionalsc/o Settlement and Integration Services (SISO)360 James Street North, Lower ConcourseHamilton, ON L8L 1H5Tel: 905-521-9917 ext 256 | Fax: 905-521-9216Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.siso-ham.org Kitchener-Waterlooc/o Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre46 Mount Hope Street, Kitchener, ON N2G2J3Tel: (519) 745-2531 | Fax: (519) 745-5857Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.kwmc.on.ca Londonc/o London Cross Cultural Learner Centre505 Dundas Street, London, ON N6B 1W4Tel: (519) 432-1133 | Fax: (519) 660-6168Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.lcclc.org
Windsorc/o Windsor-Essex International Medical GraduatesP.O. Box 270567720 Tecumseh Road EastWindsor, ON N8T 3N5Tel: (519) 991-0763Email: [email protected]
Guelphc/o Guelph and District Multicultural Centre214 Speedvale Avenue West, Unit 7Guelph, ON N1H1C4Tel: 519 836 2222 | Fax: 519 837 2884E-mail [email protected]: http://www.gdmc.org
Québec, International Medical Graduates (IMGs): http://www.cmq.org/
Association of International Physicians & Surgeons of Nova Scotia (AIPSNS)c/o Association of International Physicians & Surgeons of Nova ScotiaOne Research DriveDartmouth Nova Scotia B2Y 4M9(902) 442-4655Email: [email protected]: http://www.ietp-ns.ca/association_phys.html
Step 3: Obtain a residency (post graduate training position) in Canada
Specific Programs for International Medical Graduates British Columbia: International Medical Graduates of British Columbia (IMG-BC) Program661-1190 Hornby Street Vancouver, British ColumbiaCANADA, V6Z 2K5Tel: (604) 682-2344 local 62655Fax: (604) 806-9902Email: [email protected]: http://www.imgbc.med.ubc.ca/Home.htm
Alberta: Alberta International Medical Graduate ProgramUniversity of Calgary, Faculty of MedicineRoom G212, Health Sciences Centre3330 Hospital Drive N.W.Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1Tel: (403).210.8184Fax: (403).210.8166Email: [email protected]: http://www.aimg.ca
Clinical Opportunities for International Medical Graduates in Alberta
IMGCP - International Medical Graduate Clinical Preceptorship
IMGSP - International Medical Graduate Surgical Preceptorship
Capital Health, Medical Affairs
Physician Preceptorship ProgramsSuite 500, North Tower, Capital Health Center10030 – 107 Street, Edmonton, AB T5J 3E4Tel: (780) 735-0702 | Fax (780) 735-0756Email: [email protected]: http://www.capitalhealth.ca/international
Saskatchewan: Pilot Project for the Assessment of IMGs
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of SaskatchewanAssociate Registrar211 4th Avenue SouthSaskatoon, SK, S7K 1N1Tel: (306) 244-7355Email: [email protected]: http://www.quadrant.net/cpss/registration/index.html
Manitoba:
Medical Licensure Program for International Medical Graduatesc/o International Medical Graduates Program (IMGP)University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine270 – 727 McDermot AvenueWinnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 3P5Tel: (204) 789-3616Web: http://www.gov.mb.ca/health/mlpimg/in-dex.html#ensure
Ontario:
CEHPEA: Centre for the Evaluation of Health Professionals Educated Abroad80 Bloor Street West, 9th Floor - Suite 902Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2V1Tel: (416) 924-8622 | Fax: (416) 924-8921Email: [email protected]: http://www.cehpea.ca
Quebec: Reconnaissance d’équivalence du Diplôme universitaire en médecine et de la formation postdoctorale
Recrutement Santé Québec (Recruitment Health Quebec)Direction de la main-d’oeuvre médicale (Medical Workforce Directorate)Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux (Department of Health and Social Services)1075, chemin Ste-Foy, 10th floorQuébec (Québec) G1S 2M1Fax: (418) 266-6978Email: [email protected]: http://www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/sujets/or-ganisation/medecine/rsq/index.php?home
Nova Scotia: Clinician Assessment for Practice Program (CAPP)
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova ScotiaSuite 200, 1559 Brunswick St.Halifax, Nova ScotiaCanada, B3J 2G1Tel: (902) 482-2917Toll-free Tel: (Nova Scotia only): 1 (877) 282-7767 | Fax: (902) 422-7476Email: [email protected]: http://www.capprogram.ca
Newfoundland: Clinical Skills Assessment and Training (CSAT) ProgramProgram CoordinatorFaculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundlandc/o Western Memorial Regional HospitalP.O. Box 2005, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, A2H 6J7Email: [email protected] Tel: (709) 639-2728 | Fax: (709) 634-9175
Step 4: Obtain a license to practice medicine in Canada
Provincial/Territorial Licensure Authorities
College of Physicians and Surgeons of British ColumbiaSuite 400, 858 Beatty StreetVancouver, BC V6B 1C1Tel: (604)-733-7758 or 1-800-461-3008Fax: (604)-733-3503 (general)
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta900 Manulife Place10180 - 101 StreetEdmonton, AB T5J 4P8Tel: (780)-423-4764 Physicians-only line: 1-800-320-8624 Fax: (780)-420-0651Email: [email protected]: http://www.cpsa.ab.ca/Homepage.aspx
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan211 Fourth Avenue SouthSaskatoon, SK S7K 1N1Tel: (306)-244-7355 or 1-800-667-1668Fax: (306)-244-0090 (general)
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba1000 - 1661 Portage AvenueWinnipeg, MB R3J 3T7Tel: (204)-774-4344 | Fax: (204)-774-0750Web: http://www.cpsm.mb.ca
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario80 College StreetToronto, ON M5G 2E2Tel: (416)-967-2603 or 1-800-268-7096 (general); (416)-967-2606 (physicians only)Email: [email protected]: http://www.cpso.on.ca
Le Collège des médecins du Québec (College of Physicians of Quebec)2170, boulevard René-Levesque OuestMontréal, QC H3H 2T8Tel: (514)-933-4441 ou 1-888-MÉDECIN Fax: (514)-933-3112 | Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.cmq.org
College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick1 Hampton Road, Suite 300Rothesay, NB E2E 5K8Tel: (506)-849-5050 or 1-800-667-4641 Fax: (506)-849-5069 | Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.cpsnb.org/
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland & Labrador139 Water Street, Suite 603St. John’s, NL A1C 1B2Tel: (709)-726-8546 | Fax: (709)-726-4725Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.cpsnl.ca
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova ScotiaSuite 5005 - 7071 Bayers RoadHalifax, Nova Scotia, B3L 2C2Tel: (902)-422-5823 or
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Prince Edward Island199 Grafton StreetCharlottetown, PE C1A 1L2Tel: (902)-566-3865 | Fax: (902) 566-3986Web: http://www.cpspei.ca
Yukon Medical Councilc/o Registrar of Medical PractitionersBox 2703 C-5Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6Tel: (867)-667-5111 | Fax: (867)-667-3609Email: [email protected]: http://www.yukonmedicalcouncil.ca
Department of Health and Social ServicesGovernment of the Northwest TerritoriesMedical Registration CommitteePO Box 1320Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9Tel: (867)-920-8058 | Fax: (867)-873-0484Email: [email protected]: http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca
Department of Health and Social ServicesGovernment of NunavutMedical Registration CommitteeProfessional Licensing2nd Floor NCC Building, Box 390Kugluktuk, NU X0B 0E0Tel: (867)-975-5700 | Fax: (867)-975-5705Email: [email protected]: http://www.nunavut-physicians.gov.nu.ca
Step 5: Find a job as a physician Physician Recruitment British Columbia: http://www.healthmatchbc.org/hmbc_physicians.asp?pageid=634
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