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LMCC Strategy Session

Prepared by N. LeVasseurPGY-1- Internal Medicine

CONGRATULATIONS!

• Match day is over• You want to move on

with your life• Outstanding items: an

exam summarizing what you should have learned over the last 4 years…

• DON’T PANIC!• Here’s why…

Why writing the LMCC should be a piece of cake• You’ve made it this far• You’re a professional exam

writer • You have plenty of

experience with the MCQ / CDMQ format

• You will be surprised by how much you know

• It’s always easier trying to learn things the 2nd time around

• The exam is fair and will stratify you based on your strengths (contrary to popular belief, this is to your advantage!)

BASIC STRATEGIES

• Make a plan! You have plenty of time, but you should spend it wisely

• Be strategic – focus your time on things that will give you the highest yield

• This should be your new job… seriously! 9-5, no more than that or you will drive yourself nuts

• Keep up with things that make you happy

• Study with friends

Resources

*** based on the resources most commonly used by my class • Toronto Notes • Case Files • LMCCQE Exam Practice • B2B lectures • Canada Q bank (120$)• USMLE World–Step 2 CK

(120$)• Self Administered Qualifying

Examination Part I (68$)• Essentials for the Canadian

Medical Licensing Exams• MCCQE Part 1 Objectives

With regards to B2B

• It’s a good change of environment

• Historically, most lectures people like to attend– Pop health / ethics– Obs-gyne– Peds!

• Review the slides ahead of time

Topics to cover1) internal medicine (600

pages TO notes),2) Surgery (350 pages TO

notes)3) Pediatrics (100 pages TO

notes), 4) obstetrics and gynecology

(100 pages TO notes), 5) Psychiatry (60 pages TO

notes), and 6) population health and the

considerations of the legal, ethical and organizational aspects of the practice of medicine (45 pages TO notes).

Focus of study

• Highest yield with studying Peds, Obs-Gyne, Psych, Ethics and Pop Health

• Surgery and Internal Medicine are VERY broad topics to study

• Focus on the essentials and the common things, your basics

• The exam is not meant to trick you, don’t overthink it! (ie. Some soon to be psych residents failed the psych part because they overthought it…)

Surgery and Medicine

• Attend B2B lectures, it’s the best way to power your way through lots of material

• Use Case Files• Do practice questions • Study with people who are

matched to those specialties (they spent their entire 4th year doing electives in this discipline)

• Focus on the basics – general surgery, minimal subspecialty, general internal medicine (cardio, resp, nephro, GI)

Format

• MCQ – 28 questions per section

• Weight of the question based on its difficulty

• This part is worth 75% of your mark

• CDMQ – total of 45-55 cases (average 80 questions)

• This part is worth 25% of your mark

• One of your stronger categories can compensate for a weaker one!

My personal experience

Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat SunWeek1 IM +

Case filesSurgery +Case files

Surgery +Practice questions

IM +Practice questions

Obs +Case files

Gyne +Practice questions

Peds

Week 2 Peds Psych +Case Files

IM +Practice questions

Practice questions

IM brush-up

Surgery brush-up

Obs-Gyne brushup

Week 3 Peds brush-up

Practice questions

CLEO +Psych brush-up

Practice questions

Exam day

Familiar material to kick off your frenzy Average 50 pages per day of Toronto Notes + 3 hours of practice questions or case practice Lots of lunch / coffee breaksGym time and social time at night

How to take the test

• Once again, don’t panic• It’s a long day, but it goes by

very quickly • Get a good night’s sleep,

bring some snacks, look after your basic needs…

• Keep in mind, you ARE prepared, you’ve been working towards this for 4 years

• Most people do better than they think! Almost everyone feels like they can’t get a sense of how they did until the scores come in.

Continued

• Don’t linger on questions, recommendations suggest 1 minute per question, maximum 3

• Flag questions to review• You usually don’t have time

to review all of your questions, trust your instinct

• MOST OF ALL, REMEMBER THIS IS THE FINISH LINE AND AN END TO YOUR LONG HERMIT PERIOD. LET THE SUMMER BEGIN

GOOD LUCK!I hope this was useful to you.