What are the requirements of the AMC Examinations?
Apr 25, 2024
According to the AMC, the MCQ examination is a test of the principles and practice of medicine in the fields of Adult Health - Medicine, Adult Health - Surgery, Womens Health - Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Child Health, Mental Health and Population Health & Ethics.
The majority of the multiple choice questions reflect common clinical conditions in the Australian community. In order to achieve a satisfactory level of performance, a candidate will require a knowledge of:
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pathogenesis
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clinical features
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investigative findings
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differential diagnosis
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management and treatment.
Some questions in the MCQ examination will test basic or essential knowledge and understanding of topics covered by the examination. Other questions will require more insight and will test the candidate’s capacity to distinguish between the correct diagnosis and plausible alternatives. Questions may contain images of X-rays, electrocardiograms (ECGs), scans, clinical photographs and other visual material.
In general, the MCQ examination will test a candidate’s capacity for reasoning rather than rote learning. The MCQ examination includes questions which are regarded as critical to the safety or clinical outcome or threat to life for the patient, or are based upon important common conditions and one of:
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Related to life threatening illness; or
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Critical to safe practice (includes professionalism); or
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Successful clinical outcome; or
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Important aspects of public health
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