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These resources have been collected to assist doctors studying for the AMC examinations for the Standard Assessment Pathway and preparing for medical practice in Australia. The list reflects advice from clinicians and examiners from all the disciplines that are covered in the AMC examination.
The list of resources is not a curriculum for the examinations and the resources are not prescribed reading. The list is provided for guidance. It covers online resources, short texts and long and comprehensive textbooks which most people use as reference books.
This list will be updated regularly.
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BMJ Learning: Online courses for Healthcare Professionals, BMJ Group
Case Files Series on goodreads
Communication skills for medicine-training, University of Nottingham
Communication and Ethics, University of Melbourne
Working with people with intellectual disability
Emergency Care Institute of NSW
Life in the Fast Lane (LITFL) Library
Treatment manuals
Diversity Council of Australia
Diagnostic Imaging Pathway, Government of Western Australia, Department of Health.
The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing
National Prescribing Curriculum, University of Tasmania
QUM Learning (formerly NPS Medicinewise), Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Australian Prescriber, Therapeutic Guidelines Limited
Australian Medicines Handbook, Australian Medicines Handbook Pty Ltd.
Therapeutic Guidelines, Therapeutic Guidelines Limited
Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotic prescribing in primary care: Therapeutic Guidelines summary table, Therapeutic Guidelines Limited
Clinical Practice Guidelines, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne.
ChAMP Guidelines, Perth Children’s Hospital, Government of Western Australia Child and Adolescent Health Service.
Third-party resources for exam preparation
The AMC is aware that there are resources such as third-party websites, apps and YouTube channels purporting to offer AMC exam content, past papers, publications, and other related materials. The Australian Medical Council does not support or endorse these resources and cannot be held responsible for the quality and accuracy of materials offered.
If using these resources, we recommend you verify the credibility of the content and provider.
If you come across any website or resource claiming to offer AMC exam content that is not listed on the official AMC website, please report it to us immediately at assessment@amc.org.au
The MCQ examination is a comprehensive examination of medical knowledge and practice. The AMC recommends that candidates undertake a thorough review of the major topics covered in the examination.
Candidates should familiarise themselves with the MCQ format. A wide range of general texts is readily available on this form of examination and its associated techniques.
While candidates may find it useful to review the major textbooks in the key clinical disciplines, the questions in the MCQ examination are oriented towards the more common clinical applications, differential diagnosis and therapeutics, and candidates should take care when using major reference type textbooks.
Candidates may find it more useful to review medical journals that contain useful review articles and summaries of the identification, treatment and management of the more common clinical conditions in the Australian community.
The AMC has partnered with eMedici to produce a free online resource to support international medical graduates prepare for the AMC Multiple-Choice Question exam.
For the AMC Clinical Examination, the AMC recommends that candidates undertake a comprehensive review of clinical skills and differential diagnosis. Experience suggests that a review of journals that contain articles dealing with common clinical conditions in the Australian community will be more effective in preparing for the clinical examinations than spending too much time with reference books.
