PCE (written component) "Logic" questions

[ryanjonturn]

Sure no Problem.

I used the National PT review and study guide by O'Sullivan & Siegelman, which is a good general guide. It comes with a cd with 3 practice exams for you to complete in the 4 hour allocation for each. What is good, is that it gives you a break down after the exam of the sections which you may be lacking in.

It is the main guide book for the US PT exam, which is the only problem. The US exams are good for practice, but on comparison to the Canadian exam it is totally different.
(if only there was a Canadian text with practice exams!)
I also have the Meyer text PT Examination Review, however am yet to really get into it therefore cannot comment. It is also US and have a disk with US exams.

I would also recommend some books such as Magee DJ for Orthopedic Ax; Hillegass & Sadowsky, Essentials of Cardiopul PT.
I was using also using Pryor & Prasad for Resp, and Stokes for Neuro....but I found both of these alone were not in depth enough.

Hope this helps a bit, I am still trying to find out what is the absolute best resources for the exam myself.
If anyone has any other Ideas that may help me or anyone else out please let me know!

[Canuck Physio]

That's great help mate,

I am wondering if you have seen this breakdown before?

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Please feel free to post more information, or if you like this can be a resource and study guide thread. Keep in touch.

Regards

[ryanjonturn]

That breakdown is the guidelines which the Canadian Alliance give you for the Canadian exam.

So as you can see it is virtually everything. However the exam, obviously, will only cover a small portion, and therefore it cannot assess physiotherapy as a whole.

keep in touch and keep studying!

[bullma]

Hello All,

Unfortunately there are no past exam papers to study. The only available guide is the pce handbook.

The exam covers all areas including specialised fields such as- paediactrics, ax & provision of orthotics,burns etc etc.

The main emphasis should be focused on speed. You have very little time available and have no time to analyse the question. You either know the answer or guess or you will lose vailable time.

I would suggest you practice as many different scenarios as possible and speed up.

[ryanjonturn]

Bullma

What study text/aids did you use for the Nov written, and would you use these same ones again?

Plus, were are you planning on doing the resit?

[alpana]

Can you write a few questions you had in the Nov exam. This helps in knowing the type of questions

Also, are there many questions from different outcome measuring instruments