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MCC pre-budget submission to the Government of Canada

The Medical Council of Canada (MCC) submitted three recommendations to the Government of Canada ahead of the 2027...

Technical report on the 2026 standard-setting exercise for the TDM Examination

Summary of processes, procedures and results of a standard-setting exercise for the Therapeutics Decision-Making (TDM) Examination in 2026.

NAC Examination Annual Technical Report 2025

A summary of the exam development, administration, scoring and key psychometric activities of the NAC Examination in 2025.

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Technical report on the 2020 standard-setting exercise for the NAC Examination

A summary of the processes, procedures and results of a standard-setting exercise carried out for the National Assessment Collaboration (NAC) Examination for 2020.

Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examinations and performance in future practice

Wenghofer, E., & Boulet, J. R. (2022)

Written-based progress testing: A scoping review

Dion, V., St-Onge, C., Bartman, I., Touchie, C., & Pugh, D. (2022)

2020 MCCQE Part I Annual Technical Report

A summary of the fundamental psychometric characteristics, test development and test administration activities of the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination (MCCQE) Part I from April 2020 to January 2021.

2020-2021 MCC Annual Report

The report highlights the period between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021 and how the MCC’s ability to adapt was tested in new ways during the pandemic.

Does pass/fail on medical licensing exams predict future physician performance in practice? A longitudinal cohort study of Alberta physicians

De Champlain, A. F., Ashworth, N., Kain, N., Qin, S., Wiebe, D., & Tian, F. (2021)