MCCQE Part 2: A Resident’s View Dr. Aaron Aggarwal PGY6, Clinical Fellow Queen’s University

Who Is This Clown?? RCPSC Internal Medicine specialist Clinical Fellow in Sleep Medicine Wrote my MCCQE Part 2 while training at Memorial University in 2006 Marker for the MCCQE the past 2 years Made changes to help with consistency, accuracy and expectations

Why Should I Care? Queen’s trainees have been steadily declining in performance over the last 4 years (the worst in the country last year) Questions are more difficult and complex Markers have higher expectations Residents are trained less and are less experienced than before

Some Of My Ideas / Memories Much of the exam is Internal Medicine based so those residents have slight advantage with respect to studying But the other stuff is much more long forgotten Should try to study amongst specialties

Basic Tips - OSCEs You need to practice in an OSCE format Say what you are doing Explain why you are doing things Let the examiners know what your thought process is and/or differential diagnoses Be thorough in your evaluation Don’t forget about the touchy-feely stuff

Basic Tips - Written Ensure that you read the question Ensure that you read the instructions!! They mean what they say First answer on the line vs. many lines available Be as specific as possible with answers