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25 patients per day is quite low. Most of my patients don't take 15 minutes. There are also other incentives like chronic care billing codes, mental health codes, and private form fees.

IMG failure rate is much higher than CMG rate, even on subsequent attempts.

SAMPs were OK for me last year. The SOOs are...interesting to say the least. I felt the LMCC Part II in terms of scoring was more indicative of the clinical knowledge that I need for family practice, but now that I have been in full independent practice for nearly a year, I can see the value in the SOOs. The focus is more on the soft skills of family medicine, which I have to admit is pretty paramount to being a good family physician. You can have all the medical knowledge in the world, but if you come off as cold and distant as a family physician, patients and more importantly the general public lose trust in you and end up going elsewhere for their care or they disparage the profession.

SAMPs and SOOs are scored separately, yes. Both need to be passed in order to get your CCFP certification. As far as I know, applicants who fail get a score for each station and are given a percentile score. Your overall score is given a Z-score and it needs to meet a certain threshold to get a passing mark. Beyond that I don't really know how a passing score for each station is determined. I probably wouldn't worry about how the exam itself is marked. It's just unnecessary stress.

Residency is truly what you make it to be. There are ups and downs but for me there were far more ups than downs. I felt like by the end of residency I truly felt like a doctor. You look back on all that work that you put in in undergrad, in preparing for the interviews, in doing those interviews, that elated moment when you find out you're going to med school, and then putting 4 years of hard work in med school and then another 2-5+ years in residency. Your job involves constant learning, a propensity for curiosity, making connections with people from all walks of life, and job security and a comfortable income. I wouldn't trade my life right now for any other.

I put it in when I did the online dating thing. I met my current SO that way. I had to weed through a few food diggers though.

In the CCFP exam you can get "perfect" on a station if you get at least 50% of the bullet points for all the major points of a history you should be covering.

You should take a look at how the stations are scored to see where you could've gone wrong. http://mcc.ca/examinations/mccqe-part-ii/scoring/ http://mcc.ca/media/Exams-interaction-rating-scale-items.pdf

If your score is above 500 but not a passing mark I would definitely contest the score. There's always a chance that your marks will change. However, I wouldn't count on it. I know someone who scored a 507 or something, i.e., a fail, when I wrote part 2 and their score stayed the same. It's important to know where you think you could've done better or what topics need brushing up on. Part 2 is very geared towards generalist medicine and there seems to be an emphasis in interpersonal skills such as communication and empathy over the years as indicated by the marking scheme on their website. So yeah, if your score is borderline, contest it. It saves a lot of headache if your dispute is successful and you don't have to apply for provisional licensure.

Congratulations to those who got in, and to those that didn't: just remember that it doesn't mean you would not become great doctors. Sometimes it's just the luck of the draw. All I can say is practice interviewing a lot if your interview was average or below.

I thought the SAMPs were difficult but fair. I thought the SOOs this year were infinitely harder. I've talked to some people who also feel this way. Trust me, you're not the only person who think they failed the SOOs. I'm also preparing myself for a redo.

I found Canada QBank to be pretty garbage as well. UWorld was much more helpful.

Extenuating circumstances? Relax, dude.

Even if you have a 4.0 in 3rd year and all your years have the same credits, it still comes out to a 3.77. Ottawa's wGPA would only give you a 3.78. U of T's average wGPA was 3.88 last year for accepted applicants. McMaster looks at only verbal and Queen's has a strict verbal and writing cut-off. An 8 on your VR would also flag your application to U of T. That's why at this point it's pretty meaningless to talk about your chances because you still have one year to go and you haven't done the MCAT.

Hmm, unless you're from southwestern Ontario or the Ottawa region it will be tough getting into an Ontario school let alone out-of-province schools with that MCAT and GPA. You should see how well you do on your MCAT and in 3rd year and try to get a weighted GPA in the 3.8s.