MCCQEEthics & Public Health
Consent and Capacity: MCCQE Notes
Capacity is decision-specific, not a label on a patient — and in Canada a capable minor can consent for themselves. The two ideas the exam tests hardest.
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Revision notes
Structured the way you revise — mechanism, discriminators, first-line management, and the details that separate the right answer from the plausible one.
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MCCQEEthics & Public Health
Confidentiality and the Duty to Warn: MCCQE Notes
Confidentiality is the rule; the exceptions are a short, memorisable list. Knowing which are mandatory and which are discretionary is the whole question.
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MCCQEEthics & Public Health
Preventive Screening in Canada: MCCQE Notes
The CTFPHC recommendations differ from the American ones in ways the exam deliberately targets — breast, cervical and prostate especially.
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Biostatistics You Actually Need: MCCQE Notes
Sensitivity and specificity, predictive values that move with prevalence, and the difference between relative and absolute risk.
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