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25 Mar 2020
We need *all* our doctors on the front lines. The extraordinary circumstances of COVID-19 require extraordinary steps to keep our best-trained physicians on the front lines. Learn more: concernedphysicians.ca #COVID19
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11 Nov 2020
For any residents (PGY5) who wrote their Royal College exam before September 11th, have you received results? Which specialties have not received them, yet? Some specialties who wrote after Sept. 11 have received their results.
@Royal_College
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10 Nov 2020
Lovely gesture. The Carillon on Parliament Hill plays theme from Jeopardy! in honour of Alex Trebek. RIP.
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9 Nov 2020
They have never been transparent.
When pushed, they procrastinate and run down the clock so their candidates are pushed in a corner.
The push for transparency needs to be done as a group, rather than one individual pushing for it.
Our group would like to help with this effort
9 Nov 2020
@Royal_College will you be releasing the pass/ fail rate this year for each discipline? I think in the honour of being transparent this should be released. Especially this year. If you are not, candidates should know why you are not. Transparency is key to trust.@ConcResidents
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9 Nov 2020
Regardless of whether you failed or passed, across any speciality, drop us a line!
We are happy to connect anonymously and discuss a strategy to push for transparency.
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30 Oct 2020
Remember when we asked about determining factors for @Royal_College success rate for IMGs trained in 🇨🇦?
Check the snapshot below from a retrospective research study
Funded by the Royal College.
Is that why it takes months to get the results out?
@vernnaik @smoffattbruce1
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30 Oct 2020
Want the entire paper? Maybe some stories from those who took the exams and requested some transparency for the results?
Let us know!
@CBCNews @picardonhealth @tomblackwellNP @theresaboyle @MaryOrmsby @_kevindonovan @globeandmail @CTVNews @TorontoStar
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29 Oct 2020
Let’s add @Royal_College!
Have you seen their operating budget & executive compensation?
You’d think they operate without income by the way they run things & refusal to be transparent.
We’ve seen failed states operate better than these organizations
@smoffattbruce1 @vernnaik
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28 Oct 2020
Once upon a time, not too long ago, in a land not so far away, people of were given literacy tests to be able to vote but not all were marked the same.
Know why this was done? To keep the number of a certain type of voters away from the polls.
27 Oct 2020
I don’t think age or gender play a role.
I do feel for my IMG colleagues, cause I think place of training plays a role. Ex: a 🇨🇦 trained resident would pass with a 75%, but foreign trained may need a 80% for the exact same exam.
This may be done to keep # of licensed docs low
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28 Oct 2020
We are not lawyers, but we can give a name to this type of treatment: Discrimination.
No matter where you graduate from, if you trained in Canada or were deemed competent to sit the exam, you have to treated the same. It’s the same exam.
@Royal_College @vernnaik
27 Oct 2020
If you know anyone who did not pass the @Royal_College exam, at any point, or tried to challenge/appeal their results - send us a DM!
We are trying to get an understanding as to how this useless organization operates and evaluates.
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27 Oct 2020
Sharpen those pencils and put your thinking caps on for this MCQ.
Which one of the following, if not all, determine your @Royal_College exam failure rate?
A) Gender
B) Age
C) Place of training
D) English Proficiency
@vernnaik @Royal_College
PS - we have some sources!
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26 Oct 2020
These exams have become nothing short of a money making scheme for these bodies.
They profit off students, after they racked tens of thousand of $ to go through med school, & have no way to fight these colleges - & if they do, they become a target
@MedCouncilCan @Royal_College
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25 Oct 2020
With the increase of 7-day average of COVID a cases across 🇨🇦, the @Royal_College & @FamPhysCan have to announce their plans for the upcoming exams in 2021
They have had over 7 months to prepare
25 Oct 2020
That doesn’t look like a second wave.
That looks like a tsunami.
Be safe everyone!
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25 Oct 2020
Know what the sensible solution to all of this? A solution to have avoided the COVID outbreaks, during a global pandemic, and results being lost?
Cancelling the exams and giving automatic certification if doctors passed their residency and evaluations
@FamPhysCan @Royal_College
24 Oct 2020
Per the letter, they have graciously allowed them a rewrite in approximately 10 days.
Clearly the morons that are problem solving have never had to take an exam like this before
@FamPhysCan @PrometricGlobal
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24 Oct 2020
Paging all elected officials preaching about accountability - time to step up and regulate these bodies.
These organizations take advantage of young physicians & don’t offer an ounce of transparency.
23 Oct 2020
Is it also legislatively legal for a non-PROFIT organization to hold this much in assets?? Almost $54M !! @CMA_Docs @ResidentDoctors can the @CBCNews @CTVNews run a segment on this? We have hundreds of MDs who will speak out against the @MedCouncilCan #MedTwitter
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24 Oct 2020
Physicians: call your elected officials now and demand change. They have the legislative power to do that.
It’s your absolute right & it’s their job to respond!
@ResidentDoctors
23 Oct 2020
Hey @MedCouncilCan, we understand how important written exams are. But where do they stand when residents go through 5 years of training, and rigorous evaluations?
They will be treating and operating on real patients, not exam papers!
22 Oct 2020
PLOT TWIST: exit exams shut down for 2020. This means that all FULLY TRAINED MDs in Canada still waiting to take the @MedCouncilCan exam CANNOT get an independent license. Not since Oct 2019. And not until Feb 2021 or beyond. These MDs need to be on front lines. Let them.
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23 Oct 2020
Inspiring us to share a fun fact:
Before this year, residents were contacted to pay their exam fees in December. This year, PGY4s, who were headed to PGY5 in July, were contacted by the @Royal_College to pay their fees in the spring.
@smoffattbruce1 @vernnaik
23 Oct 2020
I’m sure @MedCouncilCan financial statements are public. Have a look.
I went through the @royal_college. 50 mil in revenue tax breaks and 50% of employees volunteer their time = huge profits and salaries for executives like @smoffattbruce1
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23 Oct 2020
This decision came right after cancelling the oral exam this year & refunding half the fees to those who paid.
This is an organization that has no regard for the well-being and safety of physicians. Their only goal is to keep making money and hiding it in not for profit shells
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