Official-Blueprint Syllabus
Review the tested competencies, condition categories, patient populations, item types, and cognitive levels.
CONO-II / Ontario Clinical Sciences
Clinical science preparation built around reasoning, safety, and application.
Prepare through structured review, integrated patient cases, examination-style MCQs, detailed answer explanations, therapeutic reasoning, and full-length mock examinations.
Case-based learning
Detailed explanations
Clinical safety focus
Full-length mocks
Start here
Your Ontario Clinical Sciences preparation hub
Move directly to the syllabus, blueprint, study modules, questions, clinical cases, or full-length examination practice.
Examination Blueprint
Study the three principal domains and organize your preparation around the published percentage ranges.
Question Bank
Practice single-best-answer questions with detailed explanations, distractor review, safety points, and clinical pearls.
Clinical Case Bank
Work through integrated patient cases that combine diagnosis, investigations, modalities, safety, and referral decisions.
Practice Modules
Review each clinical-science area individually before combining them in integrated examination practice.
Mock Examinations
Build timing, endurance, clinical prioritization, and decision-making with full-length 200-question simulations.
Published blueprint framework
Open full blueprint
Three principal competency domains
Practice is organized around assessment and diagnosis, clinical modalities, and critical care with public-health responsibilities.
30–34%
Assessment & Diagnosis
Patient evaluation, ethical interactions, history, physical examination, laboratory and imaging selection, differential diagnosis, interpretation, prognosis, monitoring, and evidence-informed practice.
Open domain55–59%
Clinical Modalities
Botanical medicine, homeopathy, clinical nutrition, therapeutic diets, physical medicine, counselling, TCM, acupuncture, and pharmacotherapy.
Open modalities9–13%
Critical Care & Public Health
High-risk conditions, emergency management and referral, CPR, oxygen, infection control, biohazards, communicable disease counselling, and reporting obligations.
Open domain68–72%case-based questions
28–32%independent questions
45–55%clinical application
25–35%critical thinking
Structured curriculum
View all modules
12 Ontario Clinical Sciences study modules
Review diagnosis, naturopathic and medical modalities, clinical safety, public health, and integrated examination reasoning.
01Core domain
Assessment & Diagnosis
History, examination, differential diagnosis, laboratory and imaging selection, interpretation, prognosis, monitoring, and evidence-informed care.
Open module →02Modality
Botanical Medicine
Scientific names, pharmacognosy, indications, preparations, dosing, contraindications, toxicity, and clinically important interactions.
Open module →03Modality
Homeopathic Medicine
Acute classical prescribing, characteristic symptoms, remedy differentiation, posology, abbreviations, and referral safety.
Open module →04Modality
Clinical Nutrition
Nutritional assessment, deficiencies, food sources, bioavailability, nutraceuticals, dosing, toxicity, and interactions.
Open module →05Modality
Therapeutic Diets
Indications, contraindications, implementation, monitoring, and patient-specific safety across commonly tested dietary approaches.
Open module →06Modality
Physical Medicine
Orthopedic testing, manipulation, soft-tissue care, hydrotherapy, therapeutic devices, exercise, prevention, and rehabilitation.
Open module →07Modality
Counselling & Health Psychology
Counselling principles, behavioural change, mind-body techniques, lifespan concerns, and psychological assessment tools.
Open module →08Modality
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Ten questions, pulse and tongue, eight principles, vital substances, meridians, five elements, and Zang-Fu diagnosis.
Open module →09Modality
Acupuncture
Point prescriptions, location, angulation, depth, clean-needle technique, contraindications, cautions, and adjunct therapies.
Open module →10Modality
Clinical Pharmacology
Mechanisms, indications, adverse effects, contraindications, interactions, toxicity, routes, and therapeutic monitoring.
Open module →11Core domain
Critical Care & Public Health
High-risk presentations, emergency referral, CPR, oxygen, infection control, biohazards, communicable disease, and reporting duties.
Open module →12Exam simulation
Full-Length Mock Examinations
Five integrated simulations built for timed practice, answer review, and progressive readiness assessment.
Open module →
BoardQBank learning format
Learn the reasoning behind every answer.
Practice is designed to strengthen clinical decision-making, therapeutic selection, patient safety, interaction awareness, and appropriate referral—not memorization alone.
Clinical case or patient summary
Single-best-answer options
Detailed correct-answer rationale
Why other options are less appropriate
Diagnosis and key investigations
Treatment and modality review
Contraindications and interactions
Emergency and referral indications
Condition distribution
Open topics indexClinical categories covered
Integrated review spans acute and chronic presentations across adult, pediatric, reproductive, older-adult, geriatric, mental-health, and multisystem care.
Vascular9–11% of exam
Infectious9–11% of exam
Neoplastic4–6% of exam
Degenerative9–11% of exam
Inflammatory / Immunologic9–11% of exam
Congenital / Developmental6–8% of exam
Autoimmune8–10% of exam
Toxic / Environmental6–8% of exam
Traumatic4–6% of exam
Endocrine9–11% of exam
Metabolic6–8% of exam
Psychosomatic / Psychiatric9–11% of exam
Exam simulation
Five full-length mock examinations
Build endurance, integrate the full blueprint, and review clinical decisions with detailed answer explanations.
Mock Examination 1
Establish your baseline across diagnosis, modalities, safety, and referral.
Start Mock 1Mock Examination 2
Reinforce case-based reasoning and treatment selection across the blueprint.
Start Mock 2Mock Examination 3
Apply laboratory, imaging, therapeutic, pharmacology, and red-flag knowledge.
Start Mock 3Mock Examination 4
Strengthen contraindication, interaction, toxicity, emergency, and public-health decisions.
Start Mock 4Mock Examination 5
Complete a comprehensive readiness test under full-length timing conditions.
Start Mock 5Ready to begin your Ontario Clinical Sciences preparation?
Start with free sample questions, continue through the structured modules and case bank, then test your readiness with full-length mock examinations.