Australian Medical Council
The Australian Medical Council (AMC) is an independent national standards and assessment body for medical education and training.
Purpose
The purpose of the AMC is:
- "To ensure that standards of education, training and assessment of the medical profession promote and protect the health of the Australian community."
Functions
The AMC's major functions include:
- accrediting medical education and training providers and their programs
- developing standards, policies and procedures for the accreditation of medical programs and for the assessment of international medical graduates seeking registration in Australia
- assessing the knowledge, clinical skills and professional attributes of overseas qualified medical practitioners seeking registration in medicine under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
- assessing the case for recognition of medical specialties
- giving advice and making recommendations to federal, state and territory governments and agencies, including medical regulatory authorities, in relation to
- accreditation and accreditation standards for the medical profession
- the registration of medical practitioners
- the assessment and recognition of overseas qualifications of medical practitioners
- the recognition of medical specialties.
Certification
AMC certification is required for international medical graduates (IMGs) who wish to be licensed in Australia. To achieve AMC certification, an IMG must sit for a series of exams, including the AMC MCQ Exam and AMC Clinical exam. AMC MCQ Exam consists of 150 multiple choice questions (MCQs) organized through computer adaptive scoring.[1] It is delivered in one 3.5 hour session.[2] The pass mark is set to match the level of knowledge required by Australian medical schools for their final-year graduates.[3] For AMC clinical exam, a candidate is required to pass 12 out of 16 cases including one compulsory case in each of gynecology and pediatrics.
