Notice

Completion of Diploma Source Verification:
A Requirement for Eligibility to the
Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination (MCCQE) Part II

As of the fall 2008 session of the MCCQE Part II, all Canadian, U.S., and International Medical Graduate candidates are eligible to apply for the MCCQE Part II only if source verification of their diploma (or “acceptable alternate(s)”) has been successfully completed, regardless of when they took the MCC Evaluating Examination or the MCCQE Part I.

Candidates can check their diploma source verification status through their MCC-Online account:

From your account, place your cursor over Personal on the top menu bar; click on Information in the drop-down menu.
This will take you to your “Basic Information” page where you will be able to see your “Source Verified” status.
If you are “Source Verified – Yes”, you will see that the diploma (or acceptable alternate(s)) has been verified.
If you are “Source Verified – No”, you will see the reason; e.g., the verification is pending, etc.

A “Source Verified – Yes” status is required for application to the MCCQE Part II. The online application system will not allow a “Source Verified – No” candidate to proceed with submitting an MCCQE Part II application.

Candidates Whose Diploma Source Verification is in Progress: If your diploma (or acceptable alternate(s)) has been sent to your university for verification but the verification is pending, you are required to wait for the verification to be completed and for a “Source Verified – Yes” status before applying to the MCCQE Part II. You may want to consider contacting your university of graduation to try to expedite the verification process.

Candidates Previously Exempted from Source Verification: In the case of candidates who were previously exempt from verification (i.e., U.S. medical school graduates who took the MCCQE Part I prior to 2004, and International Medical Graduates who took the MCC Evaluating Examination (EE) prior to 2004 and the MCCQE Part I prior to 2006), the source verification exemption expired with the spring 2008 MCC examination sessions. Your diploma must be sent for verification by the MCC, and the university verification response must be received at the MCC before you can be deemed eligible to apply for the MCCQE Part II.

Candidates Repeating the MCCQE Part II: Candidates who were previously accepted to the MCCQE Part II and who were not successful on the examination are not eligible to re-apply for the MCCQE Part II if they do not have a status of “Source Verified – Yes”.

Requesting Source Verification of the Medical Diploma
Canadian Medical School Graduates	Source verification is confirmed through certified post-convocation lists provided to the MCC by the Canadian faculties of medicine. Canadian graduates’ “Source Verified” status is changed to “Yes” following receipt of these lists. Any Canadian graduate whose “Source Verified” status is set to “No”, but who is otherwise eligible to apply for the MCCQE Part II, is requested to contact the MCC so that the issue can be investigated and rectified.
U.S. Medical School Graduates	Those who applied for the MCCQE Part I prior to 2004, and/or who applied for the MCCQE Part I as a student and have not yet submitted their diploma to the MCC, should complete the Diploma Source Verification Request Form* and submit it to the MCC, with their final medical diploma if not previously submitted.
International Medical Graduates (IMGs)	Those who applied for the MCCEE prior to 2004 and the MCCQE Part I prior to 2006 should complete the Diploma Source Verification Request Form* and submit it to the MCC, with their final medical diploma if not previously submitted.

* Click here to view the MCC Privacy Policy, which is referred to in the “Authorization for Release of Information” section of the Diploma Source Verification Request Form.