CCFP Preparation courses

CCFP Exam Prep courses are offered by many University CME/CPD offices or provincial chapters of the CFPC across the country. The University of Manitoba, Division of Continuing Professional Development offers a CCFP Exam Preparation Course. Check our event listing for upcoming dates or call (204) 789-3660.

 Questions banks

 The CFPC has released 18 SAMPs used on previous examinations in order to help prepare for the Certification Examination. 

The CFPC Self-Learning Program also includes SAMP-like questions in each edition.

A commercially available questions bank www.ccfpexams.comfeatures interactive case-based questions that cover commonly tested family medicine topics.

Articles of interest

Weston WW, Brown JB, Stewart MA. Patient-centred interviewing part I: Understanding patients' experiences. Can Fam Physician 1989;35:147-51.

 Brown JB, Weston WW, Stewart MA. Patient-centred interviewing part II:Finding common ground. Can Fam Physician 1989;35:153-7.

 Stewart MA, Brown JB, Weston WW. Patient-centred interviewing part III:Five provocative Questions. Can Fam Physician 1989;35:159-61.

 Family practice review books

Wilbur, J. Family Practice Examination and Board Review. New York: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2005.

Swanson, Richard W., Alfred F. Tallia, Joseph E. Scherger, and Nancy Dickey. Swanson's Family Medicine Review:  A Problem-Oriented Approach. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby/Elsevier, 2009.

Lipsky, Martin S. Family Medicine Certification Review. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.

Perez, Mayra, Lindsay K. Botsford, and Winston Liaw. Deja Review: Family Medicine. Deja review. New York:        McGraw-Hill Medical, 2008.

Knutson, Doug. Family Medicine: Pretest Self-Assessment and Review. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical, 2008.

Le, Tao. First Aid for the Family Medicine Boards. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical, 2008.

Graber, Mark A., and Jason K. Wilbur. Family Practice Examination & Board Review. New York: McGraw-Hill        Medical, 2009.

Evans, Michael. Mosby's Family Practice Sourcebook: An Evidence-Based Approach to Care.Toronto: Elsevier         Mosby, 2006.

Bratton, Robert L., and Robert L. Bratton. Bratton's Family Medicine Board Review. Philadelphia: Lippincott         Williams & Wilkins, 2007.

Bope, Edward T. Review of Family Medicine. Philadelphia: Saunders/Elsevier, 2007.