To facilitate its advice to the Minister, the AMC manages a two-stage process that assesses applications for recognition against specific criteria and standards. 

Stage 1 of the recognition process is overseen by the AMC’s Recognition of Medical Specialties Advisory Committee.  Applications for recognition are assessed against specific criteria and standards. 

Stage 2 of the recognition process is overseen by the AMC’s Specialist Education Accreditation Committee.  In this stage, the standards of the specialist education, training programs and continuing professional development programs available for the medical specialty are assessed.

Recognition as a specialty is conditional upon successful completion of both stages of the process, and on the Minister having made a decision to recognise a specialty.

Between 2002 and 2007, the AMC provided advice to the Minister for Health and Ageing on six separate applications for the recognition of a medical specialty.

For more information about the AMC Recognition of Medical Specialties process, click here.

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KINGSTON ACT 2604
AUSTRALIA

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