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Jan. 2014
Question & Case Count in our QBanks

QBank for the MCCEE

Testlet QBank for the MCCQE Part 1

Category Count Category Count
Medicine
OBGYN
Pediatrics
PMCH
Psychiatry
Surgery
1333
580
692
381
471
377
Medicine
OBGYN
Pediatrics
PMCH
Psychiatry
Surgery
139
57
99
53
95
67
TOTAL 3834 TOTAL 510

CDM QBank for the MCCQE Part 1

QBank for the MCCQE Part 2

Category Count Category Count
Medicine
OBGYN
Pediatrics
PMCH
Psychiatry
Surgery
119
51
63
17
37
37
Medicine
OBGYN
Pediatrics
PMCH
Psychiatry
Surgery
80
12
16
7
10
15
TOTAL 324 TOTAL 143

QBank for the USMLE Step 1

Category Count
Anatomy
Biochemistry
Embryology
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Ethics
Genetics
Histology/Molecular Biology
Microbiology & Immunology
Neuroscience
Pathology & Pathophysiology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Psychology
221
195
160
72
63
96
90
378
141
849
370
274
97
TOTAL 3006
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Appendix

Steps to becoming a licensed, practicing physician in Canada:

Step 1: Take the exams

Medical Licensing Exams of Canada

1. Prepare for the exams --> Canada QBank: //canadaqbank.com/

2. 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

Alberta International Medical
Graduates Association (AIMGA)

Suite 107, 1409 Edmonton Trail NE
Calgary, Alberta, T2E 3K8
Tel: (403) 520-7730 or
(877) 520-7730
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.aimga.ca

Association of Foreign Medical Graduates of Manitoba (AFMGM)
Email: [email protected]
Tel: (204) 284-8509
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Alberta Clinical and Surgical Assistant Program
Phone: 780.735.0720
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/7094.asp

Access Centre for Internationally Educated Health Professionals:
http://www.healthforceontario.ca/

Immigrant Settlement &
Integration Services
Suite 2120 (second floor)
Mumford Professional Centre
6960 Mumford Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3L 4P1
Tel: (902) 423-3607
Toll free: 1-866-431-6472
Fax: (902) 423-3154
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.isisns.ca/

Kitchener-Waterloo
c/o Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre
46 Mount Hope Street,
Kitchener, ON N2G2J3
Tel: (519) 745-2531
Fax: (519) 745-5857
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.kwmc.on.ca


Welland/ Niagara-St. Catharines
c/o Welland Heritage Council and
Multicultural Centre

26 East Main Street,
Welland, ON L3B3W3
Tel: (905) 732-5337 (Welland)
Tel: (905) 685-1353 (St. Catharines)
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.wellandheritagecouncil.com

Ottawa
c/o Catholic Immigration Centre

219 Argyle Avenue,
Ottawa, ON K2P2H4
Tel: (613) 232-9634 |
Fax: (613) 232-3660
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cic.ca

Windsor
c/o Windsor-Essex International

Medical Graduates
P.O. Box 27056
7720 Tecumseh Road
East Windsor, ON N8T 3N5
Tel: (519) 991-0763
Email: [email protected]

Guelph
Immigrant Services Guelph-Wellington

926 Paisley Rd, Units 4 & 5
Guelph, ON N1K 1X5 (MAP)
Tel: 519-836-2222
Fax: 519-837-2884
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.is-gw.ca

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 Scotia

One Research Drive
Dartmouth Nova Scotia B2Y 4M9
Tel: (902) 442-4655
Email: [email protected]
Web: 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:

IMG-BC Program
St. Paul’s Hospital

1081 Burrard Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
CANADA, V6Z 1Y6
Telephone: (604) 682-2344 local 62655
Facsimile: (604) 806-9902
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://imgbc.med.ubc.ca/

ALBERTA:

Alberta International Medical
Graduate Program
University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine

Room G212, Health Sciences Centre
3330 Hospital Drive N.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1
Tel: (403) 210-8184
Fax: (403) 210-8166
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.aimg.ca


SASKATCHEWAN:

SIPPA

Saskatchewan International Physician Practice Assessment
1-888-415-3627 (in North America)
306-933-5000 (In Saskatchewan - Canada)
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.usask.ca/cme/SIPPA/index.php
http://www.health.gov.sk.ca/sippa


MANITOBA:

Medical Licensure Program for
International Medical Graduates
c/o International Medical Graduates
Program (IMGP)
University of Manitoba Faculty
of Medicine

270 – 727 McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 3P5
Tel: (204) 789-3616
Web: http://www.gov.mb.ca/health/
mlpimg/index.html#ensure

ONTARIO:

CEHPEA: Centre for the
Evaluation of Health
Professionals Educated Abroad

80 Bloor Street West, 9th Floor -
Suite 902
Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2V1
Tel: (416) 924-8622 |
Fax: (416) 924-8921
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cehpea.ca

QUÉBEC:

Reconnaissance d'équivalence
du Diplôme universitaire en
médecine et de la formation
postdoctorale

Collège des médecins du Québec
2170, boul. René-Lévesque Ouest
Montréal, Québec, H3H 2T8
Tel: (512) 933-4441
Toll Free: 1-888-633-3246|
Fax: (512) 933-3112
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cmq.org

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 Services)
1075, chemin Ste-Foy, 10th floor
Québec (Québec) G1S 2M1
Fax: (418) 266-6978
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/
sujets/organisation/medecine/
rsq/index.php?home

NOVA SCOTIA:

Clinician Assessment for
Practice Program (CAPP)

College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Nova Scotia

Suite 200, 1559 Brunswick St.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada, B3J 2G1
Tel: (902) 482-2917
Toll-free (Nova Scotia only):
1 (877) 282-7767 |
Fax: (902) 422-7476
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.capprogram.ca


NEWFOUNDLAND:

Clinical Skills Assessment
and Training (CSAT) Program

Program Coordinator
Faculty of Medicine,
Memorial University of Newfoundland
c/o Western Memorial Regional Hospital
P.O. Box 2005,
Corner Brook,
Newfoundland and Labrador,
A2H 6J7
Email: [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 Columbia

Suite 400, 858 Beatty Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 1C1
Tel: (604) 733-7758 or 1-800-461-3008
Fax: (604) 733-3503 (general)
(604) 694-6104 (registration)
Email: [email protected] or
[email protected]
Web: http://www.cpsbc.ca

College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Alberta

900 Manulife Place
10180 - 101 Street
Edmonton, AB T5J 4P8
Tel: (780) 423-4764
Physicians-only line: 1-800-320-8624
Fax: (780) 420-0651
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cpsa.ab.ca/
Homepage.aspx

College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Saskatchewan

211 Fourth Avenue South
Saskatoon, SK S7K 1N1
Tel: (306) 244-7355 or 1-800-667-1668
Fax: (306) 244-0090 (general)
(306) 244-2600 (registrar)
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.quadrant.net/cpss

College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Manitoba

1000 - 1661 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3J 3T7
Tel: (204) 774-4344
Fax: (204) 774-0750
Web: http://www.cpsm.mb.ca

College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Ontario

80 College Street
Toronto, ON M5G 2E2
Tel: (416) 967-2603 or
1-800-268-7096 (general);
(416) 967-2606 (physicians only)
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cpso.on.ca

Le Collège des médecins du Québec
(College of Physicians of Quebec)

2170, boulevard René-Levesque Ouest
Montréal, QC H3H 2T8
Tel: (512) 933-4441 ou
1-888-MÉDECIN
Fax: (512) 933-3112
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cmq.org

College of Physicians and Surgeons
of New Brunswick

1 Hampton Road, Suite 300
Rothesay, NB E2E 5K8
Tel: (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 & Labrador

139 Water Street, Suite 603
St. John's, NL A1C 1B2
Tel: (709) 726-8546 |
Fax: (709) 726-4725
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cpsnl.ca

College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Nova Scotia

Suite 5005 - 7071 Bayers Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3L 2C2
Tel: (902) 422-5823 or
1-877-282-7767 (toll-free)
Fax: (902) 422-5035
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cpsns.ns.ca

College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Prince Edward Island

199 Grafton Street
Charlottetown, PE C1A 1L2
Tel: (902) 566-3865
Fax: (902) 566-3986
Web: http://www.cpspei.ca

Yukon Medical Council
c/o Registrar of Medical Practitioners
Box 2703 C-5
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6
Tel: (867) 667-5111 | Fax: (867) 667-3609
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.yukonmedicalcouncil.ca

Department of Health and Social Services
Government of the Northwest Territories
Medical Registration Committee

PO Box 1320
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9
Tel: (867) 920-8058 | Fax: (867) 873-0484
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca

Department of Health and Social
Services Government of Nunavut
Medical Registration Committee
Professional Licensing

2nd Floor NCC Building, Box 390
Kugluktuk, NU X0B 0E0
Tel: (867) 975-5700 |
Fax: (867) 975-5705
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.nunavut-
physicians.gov.nu.ca

Step 5: Find a job as a physician

Physician Recruitment

BRITISH COLUMBIA:
http://www.healthmatchbc.org/Physicians.aspx

ALBERTA:
http://www.albertaphysicianlink.ab.ca/

CALGARY, ALBERTA:
http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/

SASKATCHEWAN:
http://www.healthcareersinsask.ca/

MANITOBA:
http://www.wrha.mb.ca/careers

ONTARIO:
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/program/uap/about/recruit.html

QUÉBEC:
http://www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/sujets/organisation/medecine/rsq/index.php?home

NEW BRUNSWICK:
http://www.gnb.ca/0396/index-e.asp

NOVA SCOTIA:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/health/employment.asp

PEI:
http://www.gov.pe.ca/health/jobopp/job_opportunities.php

YUKON:
http://www.hss.gov.yk.ca/

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES:
http://www.practicenorth.ca/

NANAVUT:
http://www.gov.nu.ca/health/

Important Websites


Foreign Credentials Referral Office:
http://www.credentials.gc.ca/


Physician Credentials Registry of Canada (PCRC):

http://physiciansapply.ca


Canadian Resident Matching Service:

http://www.carms.ca/


Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada:

http://www.afmc.ca/

Canadian Association of Interns and Residents:

http://www.cair.ca/


Canadian Post-M.D. Educational Registry:
http://www.caper.ca/

Canadian Federation of Medical Students:

http://www.cfms.org/

College of Family Physicians of Canada:
http://www.cfpc.ca/

Canadian Medical Association:

http://www.cma.ca/


Canadian Medical Association Journal:

http://www.cmaj.ca/

Council of Ontario Faculties of Medicine:

http://cou.on.ca/home


Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada:

http://www.fmrac.ca/


Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada:

http://rcpsc.medical.org/

Health Canada:

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/


Ontario Medical Association:

http://www.oma.org/

Society of Rural Physicians of Canada:

http://www.srpc.ca/


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