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Resources to help you prepare for your upcoming MCC exam or to practise medicine in Canada
Cultural competency preparation resources
Taking a Medical Council of Canada (MCC) examination is an important step on the pathway to practising medicine in Canada. While the MCC does not require candidates to use or purchase specific materials to prepare for its examinations, the following free resources may be helpful for those preparing to take the MCC Qualifying Examination (MCCQE) Part I, the National Assessment Collaboration (NAC) Examination, the Therapeutics Decision-Making (TDM) Examination, or to participate in a Practice-Ready Assessment program. These resources may also be used by MCC test committees to validate examination questions.
The full list of 90+ freely available resources below has been curated from credible sources across Canada. They are searchable by 20 topic tags representing components of Canadian medical practice that may be challenging for internationally trained physicians, especially with respect to finding resources that can prepare you for exam questions and practice in Canada.
Resource maps
Subject matter experts have designed six resource maps, containing short lists of recommended content that represent a good place to begin, especially if you are new to a topic, and that have been mapped to MCC Examination Objectives. The resource maps can help you learn about cultural expectations, standards of communication and other important areas of focus in Canadian health care:
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Public Health Agency of Canada. (2020).
MCCQE Part I, NAC Examination,
Preventative medicine
Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide (9th ed.)
Tintinalli, J. E., Ma, O. J., Yealy, D., Meckler, G. D., Stapczynski, J. S., Cline, D. M., & Thomas, S. H. (2019). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.
MCCQE Part I, NAC Examination,
Clinical medicine
Shah’s Public Health and Preventive Medicine in Canada (6th ed.)
Fournier, B., & Karachiwalla, F. (2020). Montreal, QC: Saunders Canada.
MCCQE Part I, NAC Examination,
Preventative medicine
Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery (11th ed.)
Brunicardi, F. C., Andersen, D. K., Billiar, T. R., Dunn, D. L., Hunter, J. G., Kao, L. S., Matthews, J. B., & Pollock, R. E. (2019). Philadelphia, PA: McGraw-Hill Education.
MCCQE Part I, NAC Examination,
Clinical medicine
Planetary health: Protecting nature to protect ourselves
Myers, S. & Frumkin, H. (2020). Island Press.
MCCQE Part I, NAC Examination,
Climate health
Occupational and environmental health: recognizing and preventing disease and injury (7th ed.)
Levy, B. S., Wegman, D. H., Baron, S. L., & Sokas, R. K. (2017). Oxford University Press.
MCCQE Part I, NAC Examination,
Preventative medicine
Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics (21st ed.)
Kliegman, R. M., St Geme III, J. W., Blum, N. J., Shah, S. S., Tasker, R. C., Wilson, K. M., & Behrman, R. E. (2019). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.
MCCQE Part I, NAC Examination,
Child & youth health, Clinical medicine
Medical Epidemiology: Population Health and Effective Health Care (5th ed.)
Greenberg, R. S. (Ed.). (2015). Philadelphia, PA: McGraw-Hill Education.
MCCQE Part I, NAC Examination,
Preventative medicine
Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry (7th ed.)
Black, D. W., & Andreasen, N. C. (2020). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association Publishing.
MCCQE Part I, NAC Examination,
Clinical medicine