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MCCQE Part I Annual Technical Report 2024

A summary of the fundamental psychometric characteristics and test development activities of the MCCQE Part I in 2024.

Technical report on the 2025 Standard Setting Exercise for the MCCQE Part I

Summary of processes, procedures and results of a standard-setting exercise for the MCCQE Part I in 2025.

2024-2025 MCC Annual Report

The report highlights the MCC’s projects and achievements from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025.

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Augmenting physician examiner scoring in objective structured clinical examinations: including the standardized patient perspective

Roy, M., Wojcik, J., Bartman, I., & Smee, S. (2020)

2019 MCCQE Part II Annual Technical Report

This report summarizes the exam development, exam administration, scoring and psychometric activities of the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination (MCCQE) Part II and candidate performance on the exam in 2019.

NAC Examination Annual Technical Report 2019

A summary of the exam development, administration, scoring and key psychometric activities essential to the Medical Council of Canada’s NAC Examination in 2019.

Canadians studying medicine abroad and their journey to secure postgraduate training in Canada or the United States

Bartman, I., Boulet, J. R., Qin, S., & Bowmer, M. I. (2020)

Will I publish this abstract? Determining the characteristics of medical education oral abstracts linked to publication.

Guay, J. M., Wood, T. J., Touchie, C., Ta, C. A., & Halman, S. (2020)

Technical Report on the Standard-Setting Exercise for the NAC Examination 2019

This report documents the processes, procedures and results of a standard- setting exercise carried out for the National Assessment Collaboration (NAC) Examination for 2019.