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Procedural questions are an interesting kettle of fish. Many people struggle with them. The reasons are varied - they haven't done the procedure before, or they often have done the procedure so much that it becomes second nature - stopping to then explain it can be tricky, let alone in a way...
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...
The answer lies in an academic construct called the Angoff Method.
Put simply, from the moment your exam is set there are four key processes:
- The answer grid proposed by the authors of the exam is tweaked to make sure that it works in real life.
- The examiners then set a mark against any...
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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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...
There are lots of free recall papers available. However should you use them?
According to the AMC, the AMC has found the question stems and responses to be incorrect. Candidates who base their preparation on such reconstructed papers may have a distorted impression of the format...
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 standard of the AMC examinations is formally defined as the level of attainment of medical knowledge, clinical skills and attitudes which is required of newly qualified graduates of Australian medical schools, who are about to commence intern training.
The...