MCCQE Part 1 Newbie - Help please :(

[FatKid]

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Hello everyone.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am sorry if this has been discussed before, but I am unable to find this information from a search.

I have currently taken and passed USMLE Step 1, USMLE Step 2CK and USMLE Step 2CS.

Is the MCCQE Part 1 equivalent to USMLE Step 2CK? Or is there some material from USMLE Step 1 on this exam? Or, is there even some USMLE Step 3 material on it?

It is my understanding that the MCCQE Part 1 is taken by graduating medical students in Canada in their last year of medical school?

For the USMLE, I did USMLEWorld which was great. However, there does not seem to be any USMLEWorld "equivalent" for the MCCQE Part 1.

What do Canadian medical students do to study for this exam? Should I purchase a USMLEWorld subscription for USMLE Step 1? USMLE Step 2CK? Are there any good books that are used?

Sorry for the basic questions, unfortunately, everything I seem to find about licensing exams is about the USMLE's. There is very little information on MCCQE's 🙁

I would greatly appreciate any help and assistance. If anyone has taken this exam recently and has any advice, I would be forever in your debt!

Thank you.

- FatKid

 

[fungusflu]

Unfortunately, MCCQE part 1 is the single most confusing exam I've ever taken! The first part consists of multiple choices divided into sections which will go up in difficulty if you did well in the previous sections. So it's actually a good sign when it starts asking you what foot prosthesis you'd recommend for a diabetic patients (it was on my exam!) Also, make sure you review medical ethics as there are a lot of ethical questions (e.g. a Jehova witness child with acute leukemia refuses blood transfusion. Should you a) obey the child's wish b) get consent from the parent c) try to persuade the child d) transfuse without consent as it's an emergency). The second part consists of reading a scenario and type in your preferred diagnosis, your management plan and pick 3-4 exams you'd do. The difficulty is to pick the BEST exams, as they'd deduct point if you pick an inappropriate exam that could harm the patient. Also the scenario can sometime be confusing so you're not sure of the right answer.Make sure you check the MCCQE's official website for the exam format http://www.mcc.ca/en/exams/qe1/

If you have passed USMLE step 1 and 2CK, you shoudl be pretty good shape knowledge-wise. I read the Toronto Note twice (only the topics marked as key points)... took me about 2-3 months. Apparently there are question banks on MCCQE available for purchase. Not sure how good they are but there are no free ones lying around as far as I know so maybe you want to give it a try. I don't think the USMLEWorld Q-bank reflects well questions on the MCCQE part 1.

Good luck

 

[Happy2]

Hi,

Can someone please tell me, in regards to the CDM part of the MCCQE 1. If the question asks for 4 answers to be chosen from 10 choices, does that mean there are 4 correct answers or there could be 2 or 3 correct answers? And if you go over the number of choices you get negative marks?

Thank you,
Happy

 

[MonteCristo1927]

Hi...

First of all, the CDM part takes only 25% of the final score, the multiple questions are 75%.

Now, it doesn't mean there are 4 correct answers, it means that you should type in up to 4 answers, but you can type 1, 2, 3 or four, obviously not more than that.

I didn't find it too confusing, the questions are clear, and for every question you need to check it carefully, and do your best, that's all.

I thought if you have all those American exams, there is some paperwork to do, and be able to apply for camrs.... I might be wrong...

All the best in your endeavours!

J