AMC, MCQ… lots of letters, why the fuss?
Feb 10, 2024
In short, because they matter. They are summative exams – you must pass them to proceed to the next stage of the assessments, and ultimately to get your fellowship. They are stressful, and they are high stakes. You cannot work in Australia on the AHPRA Standard Pathway if you have not passed this examination.
The MCQ stands for Multiple Choice Question, whilst the KFP stands for the Key Features Paper. The AMC MCQ is primarily short answer questions with multiple choice questions.
They all are supposed to test applied knowledge – the application of basic knowledge into a clinical scenario. As such many are 2-step questions –e.g., you use the information in the question to work out what the diagnosis is and then use this to answer what the question may be answering about the best treatment.
This is all well and good so far, except that somewhere along the line you need to also be able to understand the rules of the game. Did you know that it is possible to get tested on statistics or professionalism? If you don’t know this, you might well find yourself losing marks unnecessarily, or worse still failing, even though you are very well prepared.
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