Evaluating Examination
The Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Examination (MCCEE) is a four-hour computer-based examination offered in both English and French at more than 500 centers in 73 countries worldwide. International medical graduates, international medical students in their final clinical year and U.S. osteopaths must take the MCCEE as a prerequisite for eligibility to the MCC Qualifying Examinations.
The MCCEE is a general assessment of the candidate's basic medical knowledge in the principal disciplines of medicine. It is also designed to assess the skills and knowledge required at the level of a new medical graduate who is about to enter the first year of supervised postgraduate training or practice.
The computer-based MCCEE consists of 175 multiple-choice questions, each listing five possible answers of which only one is the correct or best answer. The MCCEE questions cover the following domains: Child Health, Maternal Health, Adult Health, Mental Health, and Population Health and Ethics. A number of questions in the examination will also have a focus on general practice. You can view an example of a multiple-choice question.
Click here for information on the Self Administered Evaluating Examination, which is an online practice examination, and on the MCCEE Online Demo, which demonstrates how the computer-based EE operates.
Examination at a glance
| 2009 session dates*: | Scheduling for these examination dates: |
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| 5 to 23 January 2009 | Scheduling is open for all upcoming 2009 examination session dates. Scheduling for a particular examination date closes 120 hours before the examination date and time. See “Application deadline dates” and “Centers” below for more information on the scheduling of an examination date/time and center. |
| 9 to 20 March 2009 | |
| 4 to 22 May 2009 | |
| 13 to 24 July 2009 | |
| 8 to 28 September 2009 | |
| 2 to 13 November 2009 |
| 2010 session dates*: | Scheduling for these examination dates: |
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| 11 to 29 January 2010 | 2010 examination session dates become available for scheduling approximately six (6) months before the start of the session. Scheduling for a particular examination date closes 120 hours before the examination date and time. See “Application deadline dates” and “Centers” below for more information on the scheduling of an examination date/time and center. |
| 8 to 19 March 2010 | |
| 3 to 21 May 2010 | |
| 12 to 23 July 2010 | |
| 7 to 27 September 2010 | |
| 1 to 12 November 2010 |
* generally Mondays through Fridays; some sites may run on Saturdays and/or Sundays
| Fees (in effect until 13 December 2009): | |
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| First-time applicant : | $1,250.00 CAD ($1,100.00 examination fee + $150.00 application fee*) * The application fee is non-refundable. |
| Re-applicant: | $1,100.00 CAD examination fee |
| Fees (in effect as of 14 December 2009): | |
| First-time applicant : | $1,500.00 CAD ($1,300.00 examination fee + $200.00 application fee*) * The application fee is non-refundable. |
| Re-applicant: | $1,300.00 CAD examination fee |
| Application deadline dates: | |
| Application to the MCCEE is ongoing. While there are no deadlines for applying to the MCCEE, there are deadlines for scheduling an examination date and time once your MCCEE application is accepted. See above for the scheduling deadline and review the scheduling page for more information on scheduling an examination appointment. | |
| Centers: | |
| View the list of countries where the MCCEE is offered. The centers (i.e., test sites) are operated by Prometric, the service provider that the MCC has contracted for scheduling and administering the computer-based MCCEE. | |
