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Writing an exam question is a lot harder than it looks. They need to strike the right balance between not being too easy or too hard, and they also need to discriminate (aka be able to separate out candidates for the purposes of ranking). One of the techniques that MCQ writers sometimes use is...

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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When examiners are designing a question, references matter. A lot. For many reasons some obvious, but some which you might not have thought of:

• To ensure that the questions set are testing pure evidence-based medicine.
• To ensure that the latest guidelines are reflected in each exam.
• As an...

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At PassAMC, we understand that simply knowing medicine is often not enough to pass high stakes medical exams. We also understand that candidates often need to guess what's in the...

Let’s think to when we showed you how exams are set and written. We mentioned that modern curricula have plenty of non-clinical aspects within them, as part of the broader professional remits of being an Australian doctor.

Let’s take another look at the RACGP...

The exam feedback reports are rich with tips and advice on how to not fail the AMC MCQ Exam. They are also very long, so here at PassAMC we have taken the liberty of summarising the most common pitfalls and and how to avoid them.

This is what to do:

• Read the case.
• Then read the...

Broadly speaking, they come in one form:

-the Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) format.

There is a brief case (maximum one-two paragraphs long), a lead in question, and a choice of five answers. They test all aspects of being a doctor, including history, examination, investigation,...

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...