Canadian Examinations Electromyography (EMG)

Candidates are responsible for arranging their own travel to and from the examination location. No examination fee refunds offered for missed flights or cancellations due to weather, strike or mechanical issues.  You must arrive on time – leave yourself an appropriate travel window whether traveling by car, train, boat, feet, or plane.

What to Expect:

• Book your accommodations at the Residence Inn Calgary South for $205 per night. Last day to book is Wed. May, 7, 2025
• Examination held June 14, 2025.
• All candidates must report on time and that late candidates will not be given any additional time to complete their examination. As well, no candidate will be admitted in the examination hall once any candidate of the same specialty leaves the room.
• Bring your own refillable water bottle. Water is NOT provided on site. This is a green, eco-friendly hospital. There are water bottle refill stations in the halls near the examination rooms and break areas. You may also bring your own pencil.
• Arrive no later than 7:15 AM to South Health Campus.
• Pre-exam prep discussion Q&A is at 7:40. Move to exam rooms at 7:55. Exams start at 8:00 sharp.
• Dress in comfortable clothing and shoes. You are expected to present as you would to a patient – generally professional. If you look professional, you will feel professional.
• Breakfast is not provided but we do have coffee, tea, soda and juice for 715 am.
• Healthy break provided at 1000 AM and Lunch is provided at 1230 PM. All food is served in the conference room on 5F.
• You should all be done no later than 3:30 PM providing no issues with timing. Plan to be at the hospital until 4:30 PM in the event we have to stop an exam or technical issues.
• You can collect your badge at registration from Samantha Adair on the 5th floor. Go in the hospital, turn left. Enter the elevator. Go to floor 5 to sign in at registration. Take elevator down 1 floor. Deposit belongings in 4th floor room 41003. Your belongings will be locked in that room for the day. The pre-exam prep will occur in this room at 7:40.
• You will be required to provide a government issued photo identification with signature. Example: passport, driver’s license, provincial health card. Documents must be in either English or French. This will be compared to the one in your application to ensure no substitutes.
• Your examination identification labels will be presented to you at the examination site during your registration. You will be asked to affix a label to each or your exams and your booklet. Do not cover the bubble sheet bar code. We will explain this during the pre-exam discussion. You will be asked to fill out your exam number on your bubble sheet. You do this by filling in the circle with a pencil. For example, if you are assigned #029, you will complete the bubble sheet by filling in the circles under the first 3 columns and writing the number in the boxes. See diagram.
  
  All books, papers, electronic or communication devices and other material must be deposited with examination officials before the start of the examination. Any candidate caught in the possession of an electronic device may be immediately expelled. You are permitted to wear a simple watch without electronic features. You will be asked to leave all personal belongings in a designated area. We therefore encourage you to bring only necessary items. The EMG Secretariat will provide booklets, pencils, pencil sharpeners and bubble answer sheet. Many people are extremely sensitive to perfumes, colognes, aftershaves, and other scented products. Kindly refrain from wearing them during the examinations. Private breast pump room with fridge and prayer rooms are available.

Notes:

• MCQ exam is done in a quiet room in large groups. Bio breaks are permitted in turn. No talking is permitted. You can have snacks with you avoid crinkly wrappers.
• Waveforms are done in the theatre as you will be looking at and listening to waves on large screens.
• MCQ and Waveforms answers are submitted on bubble sheets (100 questions – 2 hours maximum). Paper exam books are provided. You can scribble on these as you consider your answers but do not scribble on the bubble sheet.
• 5 OSCEs are done live, in person, with the examiner, a technician and a volunteer (patient). Each OSCE is 20 minutes in duration which includes 2 mins to read the question. The times are signaled using a whistle.
• The exam is based on your training therefore refer to your cases and materials.
• French candidates will receive the written exams in both EN/FR.
• Timetable:
  

  08:00-10:00	Group 1 OSCE	Group 2 Waveform	Group 3 Waveform
  10:00-10:30	BREAK
  10:30-12:30	Group 2 OSCE	Group 1 MCQ	Group 3 MCQ
  12:30-13:00	BREAK
  13:00-15:00	Group 3 OSCE	Group 2 MCQ	Group 1 Waveform