The MCCEE is designed as a general assessment of the candidate's basic medical knowledge of the principal fields of medicine, including Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Preventive Medicine and Community Health, and Surgery.

The exam is about 324 multiple choice question, taken with paper and pencil. There is no computerized version of the test. It will take 7 hours to administer the test, two 3.5 hour sessions with about a 45 minute to an hour break in between.

The MCCQE Part 1 consists of Multiple Choice Questions and Clinical Reasoning Skills (CRS) Cases, which test medical knowledge of Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Psychiatry, Population Health, Legal, Ethical, and Organizational aspects of Canadian medicine.

The MCCQE Part 1 is a one-day computer-based test. The candidate is allowed up to three-and-one-half (3 1/2) hours in the morning session to complete the 196 multiple-choice questions component.

Four (4) hours are allowed in the afternoon session for the Clinical Reasoning Skills (CRS) component, which
consists of short-menu and short answer write-in questions. The CRS portion consists of approximately 50 to 55 cases, with one (1) to four (4) questions each.  For the information how to register go to www.mcc.ca