CCFP EXAM STUDY TIPS


The Review Course in Family Medicine
- Dec 24, 2020
- 4 min
How To Get Top Marks In Canada On The CCFP Exam
Over the past few years, several attendees of The Review Course in Family Medicine have received the top mark on the CCFP Exam! We’re pro...

The Review Course in Family Medicine
- Oct 20, 2020
- 1 min
CCFP Exam FAQ: Can I breastfeed/pump breast milk at the 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 de...

The Review Course in Family Medicine
- Oct 10, 2020
- 1 min
CCFP Exam FAQ: Which guidelines should I study?
CFP or CCS lipid guidelines? CUA vs CTFPHC prostate guidelines? Centor vs Feverpain score for URTI? HTN updated guidelines? The CFPC says...

The Review Course in Family Medicine
- Oct 10, 2020
- 1 min
CCFP Exam FAQ: Should I provide more answers than requested?
The CCFP exam Instructions to the Candidate says, "Write only one answer in each answer field, subsequent answers in the same answer fie...

The Review Course in Family Medicine
- Oct 10, 2020
- 1 min
CCFP Exam FAQ: What are acceptable abbreviations?
The CCFP exam Instructions to the Candidate says to "avoid abbreviations which are not commonly used, and which may not be clear to an ex...

The Review Course in Family Medicine
- Sep 6, 2020
- 2 min
Is The Room Spinning? An Approach to Vertigo
By Dr. Jennifer McCormack MD CCFP SAMP: A 51 year old man presents with several hours of constant dizziness and vomiting. Symptoms worsen...

The Review Course in Family Medicine
- Aug 16, 2020
- 1 min
Testicular Torsion TWIST Score
by Dr. Mike Kirlew MD CCFP The TWIST Score has been validated in a pediatric population with non-urologists. The TWIST score (Testicular ...

The Review Course in Family Medicine
- Aug 15, 2020
- 2 min
“I have purple dots all over my body…”
By Dr. Jemy Joseph MD CCFP Dangerous Rashes in a Pediatric Population Real Clinical Scenario History of Presenting Illness A 10-year-old ...

The Review Course in Family Medicine
- Aug 2, 2020
- 1 min
"Doctor, how much radiation is in this scan?" Here's how to answer.
by Dr. Chinmay Dalal MD CCFP Everything is Risk vs Benefit - Will this imaging aid in the diagnosis AND change management! This is key, w...

The Review Course in Family Medicine
- Jul 25, 2020
- 2 min
Are you missing patients with Acute Aortic Syndrome?
by Dr. Simon Moore MD CCFP SNAP SAMP: List FIVE High Risk Features on physical exam for AAS (answer is below). One out of every 2000 ER p...

The Review Course in Family Medicine
- Jul 18, 2020
- 2 min
Kidney Stones - Even with Time, Not Everything Passes
by Dr. Chinmay Dalal MD CCFP Any one of these could be an excellent SAMP question about Nephrolithiasis! Does the composition of the ston...

The Review Course in Family Medicine
- Jul 6, 2020
- 1 min
Hot off the press: Stop referring these patients with GERD
by Dr. Simon Moore MD CCFP Today the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC) released their long-awaited guideline update ...

The Review Course in Family Medicine
- Jun 27, 2020
- 2 min
DUAL Public Health Crisis In Canada?
by Dr. Birinder Narang MD CCFP COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic on March 11, 2020.(1) But that is not the ONLY crisis facing Canad...

Dr. Simon Moore & Dr Paul Dhillon
- Jun 13, 2020
- 1 min
ANNOUNCING: The 105 Topics for the CCFP exam
It's finally here. The missing 6 topics! If you're studying 99 topics, you're out of date. The Missing Six Topics have been found! The CF...
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