FAQs About The CCFP Exam
The CFPC does not provide or endorse any educational event that prepares people for the CCFP exam. The Review Course teaches an overview of all of the 105 topics in Family Practice relevant to the certification exam, including updates to these topics from the months leading up to The Review Course. We do not provide or review old exam questions as these are covered by copyright.
Read everything you need to know about the exam on our page About the CCFP Exam.
You cannot bring your baby into the exam, but the CFPC will attempt to find a private space at the exam centre for you.
Breast pumping devices must be pre-approved by the CPFC to be allowed into any computerized test delivery exam site.
To request these arrangements; we strongly recommend you contact them BEFORE you register for the CCFP exam, and ask if there will be access to a refrigerator to store milk. In our experience, and according to the CFPC, no test centres provide refrigerators. Check with the CFPC and be prepared to bring your own cooler.
CFP or CCS lipid guidelines? CUA vs CTFPHC prostate guidelines? Centor vs Feverpain score for URTI? HTN updated guidelines?
The CFPC says, "Candidates should always answer according to what represents the most accepted good practice in of family medicine at the time of the examination. They will never be penalized for staying current."
Remember - the exam is marked by physicians who should be aware that there are conflicting guidelines.
The CCFP exam Instructions to the Candidate says to "avoid abbreviations which are not commonly used, and which may not be clear to an examiner."
Both Generic and Trade Names are acceptable according to the official Instructions to the Candidate.
The CCFP exam Instructions to the Candidate says, "Write only one answer in each answer field, subsequent answers in the same answer field will not be considered. No credit will be given for responses which exceed the number of requested responses."
Page 5 in the CCFP Instructions to the Candidate, available at bit.ly/trc-exam3
We recommend avoiding anything that may look like a second answer (you don't get credit for second answers)!
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