News and publications

Latest news

Available to watch: the MCC’s webinar Practising medicine in Canada – Navigating the pathways to licensure for IMGs

March 6, 2025

More than 2,500 people logged onto the Medical Council of Canada (MCC)’s first webinar, Practising medicine in Canada...

Call for nominations for the MCC Council

February 20, 2025

We are pleased to announce that the Medical Council of Canada (MCC) is recruiting one member to join...

Nova Scotia opens an innovative assessment centre for internationally trained physicians

February 11, 2025

An assessment centre designed to help more internationally trained physicians obtain a licence to practise medicine in the...

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Latest publications

MCCQE Part I Annual Technical Report 2023

A summary of the fundamental psychometric characteristics and test development activities of the MCCQE Part I in 2023.

NAC Examination Annual Technical Report 2023

A summary of the exam development, administration, scoring and key psychometric activities of the NAC Examination in 2023.

MCCQE Part I Annual Technical Report 2022

A summary of the fundamental psychometric characteristics and test development activities of the MCCQE Part I in 2022.

Research

Do Canadian medical licensing exam scores correlate with physicians’ future performance in practice? A cohort study of Alberta family physicians

Bartman, I., Kain, N., Ashworth, N., Hernandez-Ceron, N., Hurava, I., Hamayeli-Mehrabani, H., Kumar, K., Nie, R., & Morin, M. (2024)

Can all roads lead to competency? School levels effects in Licensing examinations scores

Kulasegaram, K., Archibald, D., Bartman, I., Chahine, S., Kirpalani, A., Wilson, C., Ross, B., Cameron, E., Hogenbirk, J., Barber, C., Burgess, R., Katsoulas, E., Touchie, C., & Grierson, L. (2024)

Recommending a Passing Score on the National Assessment Collaboration (NAC) Examination: Procedures and Results

Hambleton, R., & De Champlain, A. (2013)