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Modern curricula have plenty of non-clinical aspects within them, as part of the broader professional remits of being a doctor working in Australia.
There are lots of non-clinical domains, all ripe for testing. If you hadn’t known this, you may have not revised for this, and as...
Now that we have convinced you (hopefully!) of the need to understand how to play the rules of the game, it Is worth knowing about how exams are set and written, because with a little consideration of the academics you can start to formulate what might and might not feature on an exam.
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The AMC recommends a variety of sources:
Devitt P, Barker J, Mitchell J and Hamilton-Craig C. Clinical Problems In General Medicine, 2nd edn. Churchill Livingstone, 2003, ISN 0443073236.
Edwards C and Bouchier IA (eds). Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine, 18th edn....
According to the AMC, the exams will test a series of tasks:
Data Gathering [up to 23.5% of the scored items]
- History taking, mental status examination, physical examination, laboratory testing, imaging, other investigations, and clinical reasoning.
Data...
According to the AMC, the marks are assigned according to the following weightings:
- Adult health - Medicine [30% of scored items]
- Adult health - Surgery [20% of scored items]
- Women’s health [12.5% of scored items]
- Child health [12.5% of scored items]
- Mental health [12.5% of...
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...
According to the AMC, the AMC examinations consists of two parts:
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a multiple choice question (MCQ) examination to test medical knowledge in a one three and a half hour session containing 150 questions. The AMC MCQ examination is a computer-administered examination.
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a clinical examination,...
Did you know that what can come up in the AMC MCQ is very long? Take a look at this list, from the AMC:
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INTEGUMENT / DERMATOLOGY May include: common disorders of skin, dermatology, subcutaneous tissues; burns, wounds and wound healing, plastic and reconstructive surgery.
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HEAD AND NECK /...
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