The MDCN exam is a mandatory Nigerian medical licensing exam for foreign trained medical doctors seeking to practice in Nigeria. It holds twice yearly (May and November) for a 2 days duration in any of the Nigerian cities designated by the MDCN management. The day 1 of the MDCN exam involves COMPUTER BASED TESTS (CBT) which includes MCQS of about 300 questions and PICTURES TESTS of about 40 questions while the day 2 of the exam involves OBJECTIVE STRUCTURAL CLINICAL EXAM (OSCE) which includes CLERKING, COUNSELLING, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION, WRITTEN AND ORAL STATIONS. The MDCN exam generally is aimed at testing candidates’ knowledge in general and tropical medicine majorly in obstetrics and gynaecology, medicine, surgery, pediatrics and public health (community medicine).
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