Difference between revisions of "Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada"

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*Duration: 3.0 hours.
*Duration: 3.0 hours.
*Format: short answer questions.
*Format: short answer questions.
*Covers: everyting.


===Slide exam===
===Slide exam===
*Duration 2 x 1 hour = 2 hours.
*Duration: 2 x 1 hour = 2 hours.
*Format: short answer - one diagnosis.
*Format: short answer - one diagnosis.


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===Photos exam===
===Photos exam===
*Duration: 90 minutes.
*Duration: 90 minutes.
*Three Powerpoint presentations.
*Format: three PowerPoint presentations.
*Covers: [[forensic pathology]], gross pathology and [[cytopathology]].
*Covers: [[forensic pathology]], gross pathology and [[cytopathology]].


===Oral exam===
===Oral exam===
*Duration: 50 minutes.
*Duration: 50 minutes.
*Format: five H&E slides, possibly cytology -- though not recently.
*Format: review five H&E slides - possibly cytology (though not recently); then get quizzed for approx. 1 hour.


Notes:
Notes:
*Not diagnostic.
*The slides are usually not diagnostic.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 04:40, 2 August 2011

Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians of Canada is what residents in Canada aspire to become. It commonly abbreviated FRCPC.

FRCPC exam

Written exam

  • Duration: 3.0 hours.
  • Format: short answer questions.
  • Covers: everyting.

Slide exam

  • Duration: 2 x 1 hour = 2 hours.
  • Format: short answer - one diagnosis.

Notes:

  • Only surgical pathology.

Photos exam

Oral exam

  • Duration: 50 minutes.
  • Format: review five H&E slides - possibly cytology (though not recently); then get quizzed for approx. 1 hour.

Notes:

  • The slides are usually not diagnostic.

See also