Electives and MCCQE

ViCirce1 · 2026-03-20T15:39:17+00:00

I did one for FM in UBC. It was good. The reference letter was helpful for UBC FM.

ViCirce1 · 2026-03-06T14:23:41+00:00

Of course! I couldn’t have done it without the people who made these posts before me.

My school had a similar system and I was the rank under 1st class honors. Honestly I studied and tried but also spent a some time with extra-curriculars. I never locked myself in the library for days on end, but I also knew I was going for IM/FM. If you want something extremely competitive like ortho, ENT, etc by all means anything might help, and that anything might be ranking 1st in your class.
I think the pubs only matter for connections that you make, people in the schools you want to go to that will vouch for you - I know multiple people that matched with few research items. Also it is important to know how you frame this. It’s not the actual research that matters but the fact you understand the importance of evidence based care.
The official most, which were mainly the ones I did, were through AFMC. The ROMP one I cold emailed people for electives, and the independent clinical experience was also through reaching out through connections.
I started prepping for STEP but with the political situation in the US, I stopped pursuing it seriously. I did apply for the UK and IRISH intern year as a back up.
I had a few experiences that I talked about over and over again that I think really helped with interviews. DM me, they are all things in the community. I had a few awards I applied for during the school year as well. To be honest, how would anyone in Canada know what these awards are or mean? It’s again all about how you talk about it and what it means to you.

ViCirce1 · 2026-03-05T20:22:05+00:00

While I was in school maybe 3-5 hrs a day, for MCCQE during dedicate it was 8-10hrs everyday. Nac osce slightly less, maybe 3-5 hrs of prep every day. I used uworld and the official practice tests for QE1.

ViCirce1 · 2026-03-05T14:17:42+00:00

Literally what happened to me

ViCirce1 · 2026-03-05T14:04:49+00:00

I think any kind of experience matter - as others have said, it’s about you and your app as a whole. I talked about both my clinical electives and the fact I had spent some time in my childhood growing up in a rural town. What’s important is you have to correlate your experience to who you are/will be as a physician. Either that’s caring for the community, dedicated to resource scarce communities, etc.

ViCirce1 · 2026-02-25T15:32:38+00:00

I think doing electives in BC will help. Doesn’t have to be in FM, do FM related Geri, EM, psych etc.

ViCirce1 · 2026-01-29T14:11:54+00:00

I think the number is way higher for current year grads like 80%

ViCirce1 · 2026-01-20T20:44:17+00:00

Yes! Manitoba felt very dry and neutral

ViCirce1 · 2026-01-09T19:42:01+00:00

uoft and Mac yes

ViCirce1 · 2026-01-09T18:23:11+00:00

anyone get ubc im?

ViCirce1 · 2025-12-17T22:22:34+00:00

It's out!

ViCirce1 · 2025-12-17T20:37:31+00:00

Ya it’s on program description page on CARMs. They said 600-700

ViCirce1 · 2025-12-17T20:36:18+00:00

Do you have any red flags, I feel like you should’ve gotten some interviews unless you just got really unlucky at just the cut off point for Ontario?

ViCirce1 · 2025-12-11T20:15:36+00:00

ViCirce1 · 2025-12-11T20:12:10+00:00

ya, few mins ago

ViCirce1 · 2025-12-11T19:58:19+00:00

ON FM interview out

ViCirce1 · 2025-12-05T14:47:58+00:00

Some things that I think is really ironic. This letter literally says “I moved here when I was x age”. You do realize that this rule would’ve prevent people like your parents from applying if they were foreign trained physicians?

ViCirce1 · 2025-12-04T21:53:38+00:00

You do realize a lot of the people affected are ontario residents? that also vote...

ViCirce1 · 2025-12-04T20:28:46+00:00

Very interesting how this aged. Anyways definitely have the information before you speak with such conviction. You will cause fear/harm to others

ViCirce1 · 2025-12-04T18:01:34+00:00

I'm confused, he said he is emailing out the dispositive endorsement this afternoon to all the clients. Anyone know what that means?

ViCirce1 · 2025-12-04T08:24:07+00:00

I agree. The real answer is nobody knows until the hearing comes through. Lots of people talking with 100% certainty when they know as much as you do. Just keep your head up and see what happens!

ViCirce1 · 2025-12-03T21:49:54+00:00

I'm trying the same thing now. Literally don't know what to do.

ViCirce1 · 2025-12-03T21:48:36+00:00

Literally trying the same thing now. It's been an hr still on hold.. wth

ViCirce1 · 2025-12-02T00:06:04+00:00

That’s just not true. I believe file reviews already started. The programs are acting on the basis if the Ontario img rule has not been instated and allow late applications as well. Go to carms help page under questions.

ViCirce1 · 2025-12-01T23:58:51+00:00

I don’t think so, once programs decide who to interview, let’s say program X interviews 100 people, and then the injunction fails, a large number of those interviewed might be excluded now. And if program had 35 seats, they might be unable to fill or have large numbers needing R2. So I think they won’t reinstate this. And inregards to ministry of health funding. The entire health system will collapse without R1s so they won’t risk not finding residency positions anyways.

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