PCE Exam - Online Study Group and Reference Thread

[Canuck Physio]

Dear all,

I would like to welcome anyone who is interested in writing the Canadian PCE in the future. I hope within this thread we can compile a list of resources, links, and group contact information to facilitate access to other students' who are also looking to write the exam.

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To get the ball rolling, I am going to be writing the PCE in Mid-2009, in Vancouver. I will be actively searching for someone to study with from early to mid 2009 for the written component of the exam!

Next I will attempt to go through the available posts within this Section of the Forum, and attempt to collate the resources that other members have posted, so as to make this the ultimate study resource thread available online.

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[venkat]

hi,

I am looking forward to write the PCE exam. I would like to be a part of the group.

Venkat

[mira_16]

You're writing in 2009 or 2008?
Im interested in a study group..but for this upcoming March..anyone interested?

[Manuel]

You're writing in 2009 or 2008?
Im interested in a study group..but for this upcoming March..anyone interested?

Hello
I would like to be part of that group (March2008) exam .This will be my last chance I don't what else i have to study to pass that exam
manuel

[angela1969]

hi manuel

what are your main references for studying for the exam, i am hoping to get a cancellation to sit in mar or i will be taking the may08 sit

thanks

angela

[Manuel]

Hello Angela
My main references are magee,sullivan both the NPE,kishner and a couple books like rehabilitation hand book and couse notes.and also i am thinking in May.It will be the best time for me.
regards
Manuel

[angela1969]

Hi Manuel

thanks for the references, i have heard its worth getting the american exam study aids

thanks

angela

[raggedblossm]

Hi all. I am also hoping to do the exam in March '08 as I am finally through the credentialling and PLAR process. (I trained in Australia and also relicensed in California several years ago.) I am now situated in northern Ontario, Canada and currently working part-time as an assistant for the experience and the Canadian contacts.

I have been advised by Canadian therapists to use the O'Sullivan Study Guide and Magee's Orthopedics particularly, along with anything else I find useful in the Alliance list. It seems the Canadian exam may now be closer to the US exam than it was a few years ago. Can anyone who has tried the recent exam speak to that?

I have also found it helpful to make contact with local therapists by looking for opportunities to volunteer or job shadow with them. Some of these therapists are great teachers and I have appreciated their willingness to have me around. I have been out of practice for a few years so this has helped me 'think physio' again in a Canadian clinical context.

An online study group will be a good way of keeping me focused so I am keen to be involved.

Thanks.
linda

[mira_16]

Hi all,
Has a group been started? I really need to get studying but due to unfortunate circumstances I have been delayed over the holidays..
If a group hasn't started, want me to look into how to start one?
If so, contact me at: [email protected] and we'll set something up.
Best of luck!

[GRandhawa]

Hello Angela
My main references are magee,sullivan both the NPE,kishner and a couple books like rehabilitation hand book and couse notes.and also i am thinking in May.It will be the best time for me.
regards
Manuel

Hi maneul
Am going to take the exam in july this year...can u plz let me know in detail abt the rehab hand book and the course notes as u mentioned here
regards

[lukefernandes]

Hi, originally trained in the UK, now living in calgary working as a PTA. Sitting the written exam in Jan 2009 in edmonton.
Looking to join the study group or meet up with local people in the calgary area to help prepare with, especially locally trained canadians.
How does it work? ive never joined an online group study before.
my email address is [email protected] should anyone feel to contact me.

Regards

Luke

[lukefernandes]

also, i see people have recommended the o'sullivan NPTE book as a good exam reference? is this book specific to the american physio exam or the canadian? and if it is the american, is it really worth getting it to study for the canadian???

[sanchill]

also, i see people have recommended the o'sullivan NPTE book as a good exam reference? is this book specific to the american physio exam or the canadian? and if it is the american, is it really worth getting it to study for the canadian???

hello, lukefernandes

I bought the O'sullivan NPTE for my Jan 2008 written exam
This book provides summaries of different aspects of physiotherapy, sample questions + explanations and a CD-ROM with 3 sample tests.

I did feel the summaries are very useful, it is really good for the revision at the night before PCE exam. I tried the sample tests but the are really very difficult to me and thats y I gave up to do them. Haha....
The NPTE question style is different from PCE's. In fact, you can relate the sample questions provided by the Alliance. For PCE, you may be given a scenario and you need to answer some questions related to it. For NPTE( as I see in the O'sullivan book), the questions are not related to each other.

I suggest you to have a look at the sample questions in the orientation resources and try to apply each question to different joints, diseases and practices.
I know that there is a new version of candidate handbook 2009 but I don't know if there is any change to the exam syllabus. BTW, please check every item on the lists because I found some "RARE" questions in the PCE ( which scared my pants off ) but they were listed on the EXAMINATION BLUEPRINT!!!

For those questions related to local practice, you can read the " Context of Physiotherapy Practice in Canada" if you went through the PLAR

Magee is good but there are too many tests, just study the common tests for each joint

GOOD LUCK!!

Sanchill

[physiolover]

For those questions related to local practice, you can read the " Context of Physiotherapy Practice in Canada" if you went through the PLAR

I wanted to know where I can find the "Context of Physiotherapy Practice in Canada"...can someone please guide me as to where I can get a hold of this document/book please?

Thank you

[bullma]

Hi all,

I would be interested in joining. I attempted the written test in Nov and I am ready to start preparing for the resit

[Canuck Physio]

Hi all,

I would be interested in joining. I attempted the written test in Nov and I am ready to start preparing for the resit

Hello,

Where are you from in the UK? Also where do you plan to write?

I hope to compile a list of resources here, but haven't had the chance to come around and do so.

Hopefully you can input your experience so far?

Regards

[ghasem]

hi, ive completed the written component and am looking to study/ practice for the the clinical component in NOVEMBER 2008
Im based in vancouver

[Newcastle]

hi, could you please guide to prepare for written exam. i am going to write the exam in May, 2009.
thank u.

[sudhakar]

i also would like to join the study group for written part,my e-mail is [email protected]

[suriza]

Hi,
I'm a PT from Colombia, South America and living in Edmonton, Alberta. I am preparing for the PCE- written component for March 6, 2010. My email is [email protected] please free to contact me if you are interested to start a study group or to inform me if there is already one in which I can be part of.
Thank you.
Susy

[gursikhphysio]

Hi,
i will be sitting for my P.C.E theory component in feb or march 2010. i have done my M.P.T ortho from india. My credential evaluation is going on. I hope anybody can give me tips or recommend some books for the preparation of the exam. I am also looking for somebody who is thinking or will be sitting for his theory component by next year.If possible, we can study together. I am in calgary.my email is [email protected]

[mariat]

hi,
My name is maris and i will be taking the PCE written part in March 2010. I would like to join a study group. If anyone knows a good reference(s) to prepare from, it would be greatly appreciated.
please contact me at:
[email protected]

Thanks

[ebonysoulstress]

Hi,

My name is Sully.. I'm living in Mississauga, and currently undergoing the credentialing process with the Alliance. I would like to start studying for the exam and hopefully write it during this year.

I got a list of the books required today, still did not order them. Just wanted to know if anyone would like to help me with any study guidelines, or if you are already in a study group , would I be able to meet up with anyone to review the topics or any previous exam material?

please email me at : [email protected]

[madhuwan]

Hi everyone,
For all those who are about to give the written component, it is necessary to the Ethics part, in addition to all the books (O'Sullivan, Magee, Kisner, Siegelman, etc...)
Read the Ethics section in the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario website. I am sure the other provinces too will have similar sections. Read the scenarios and examples, you will get some clues. There is no book per se for Ethics which can be read.
At least 10% questions in the Written Component will be related to Ethics, so try and get them correct. I had difficulty with those questions, but managed to pass the test. I am done with the Clinical Component too (thank God for that!!)
All the best to all appearing for their tests.

[bullma]

Hello

I am based in kent,just outside London. Where are you based