Certification

Requirements for Certification in Clinical Chemistry

MEMBERSHIP

Full and Student Members of the Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists (CSCC) are eligible to apply to sit the Certification examination of the Canadian Academy of Clinical Chemistry (CACB). Student members must have attained Full CSCC member status in order to be awarded certification.

EXAMINATION

Candidates judged eligible to sit the certification examinations will be required to pass a comprehensive written and oral examination.

EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Candidates shall have educational qualifications in chemistry of the biological sciences equivalent to the requirements for the PhD or DSc degree, or shall have earned a PhD, MD or equivalent degree from a university belonging to the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, from a Canadian school of medicine,or from any other institution which in the opinion of the CACB has an acceptable educational standard.

Candidates shall also be a graduate from a CACB accredited Postdoctoral Program in Clinical Chemistry/Biochemistry with three years combined training and job experience in a clinical laboratory maintaining a standard in Clinical Chemistry/Biochemistry acceptable to CACB.

CERTIFICATION EXAMINATIONS

Written Examinations

Candidates from a CACB accredited Postdoctoral Program in Clinical Chemistry/Biochemistry may be deemed eligible to sit the written portion of the examination after completion of their training programs. (Candidates who are unsuccessful in the written part of the examination may write again within two years without formal reapplication). In the case that the postdoctoral program is three years in length, the candidate may be eligible to sit the certification examination after two years, provided they have completed the core chemistry course work as deemed by the Credentials Committee.

Oral Examinations

Candidates who fail the written examination will not be allowed to sit the oral examination. Candidates from a CACB accredited Postdoctoral Training Program in Clincal Chemistry/Biochemistry are required to gain a year of experience in Clinical Chemistry/Biochemistry following the completion of the training program before taking the oral examination. The oral examination must be taken within two years of the written examination. (Candidates who are unsuccessful in the oral examination may repeat the examination within two years without formal reapplication.)

Certification Examinations

Written Examinations: Analytical Examination, (3hrs) Clinical Examination (3hrs).
On passing the written examinations, candidates are invited to an oral examination.

Recent Examinations:

Reapplication

Candidates who are unsucesssful after two attempts at either the written or the oral part of the examination must reapply as a new candidate under the rules and guidelines for certification in effect at the time of reapplication.

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