Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC)

The Medical Council of Canada (MCC) was born out of the rational concerns for patient safety and developing a credential to enable physician mobility. The emotional side of the story is about patient confidence in their medical practitioners. The founder of the MCC, Sir Thomas Roddick and his colleagues, recognized this serious dilemma. They undertook a complex and arduous, 18-year campaign to get agreement on legislation and regulations for a national qualification in medicine that would be acceptable in all provinces. Today, in addition to assessing every medical school graduate, MCC is also responsible for assessing international medical graduates (IMGs) seeking to practise here. Remarkably, these assessments are done at over 500 locations around the world and in Canada, plus additional assessments are done when IMGs are welcomed into our country.