medical council of canada qualifying examination

Greetings, aspirant!

The Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination (MCCQE) is an examination held by the Medical Council of Canada for medical professionals to obtain a license.

It's a two part examination consisting of 196 objective based questions to be solved in 3.5 hours and around 60 scenario based questions to be answered in 4 hours.

The 2nd part of the examination, having a practical approach, is called the Objective Structured Clinical examination (OSCE) and it tests the in-clinic abilities of a professional.

The criteria for attempting MCCQE part 1 requires you to be a part of a medical school accredited by the CACMS or LCME (if in USA.) If your school is not accredited but is registered with the World directory of medical schools, you need to appear for another exam by the name of MCCEE before you can apply for MCCQE part-I

The criteria for attempting the part-II examination includes having at least 1 year of PostGraduate Clinical medical Training (PGT) that ends before the calender year of the examination that you appear for i.e. if you appear for the May examination, your training should end by June of the same calendar year and if you appear for the October examination, your training should end by the December of the same calendar year.

Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, examinations dates have been changed and yet to be announced for the year 2020.

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