The Australian Medical Council Limited (AMC) is an independent national standards body for medical education and assessment. Its purpose is to ensure that the standards of education, training and assessment of the medical profession promote and protect the health of the Australian community.
The AMC is appointed under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 as the external accreditation authority for medicine. They operate under the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS) working with the Medical Board of Australia and AHPRA.
International medical graduates wishing to practice medicine in Australia have various pathways to registration. The AMC manages the assessment process for the Standard Pathway. In order to obtain an AMC Certificate candidates must pass the AMC CAT MCQ Examination and the AMC Clinical Examination or Work-based assessment (WBA).
Annotated Multiple Choice Questions by 
Anthology of Medical Conditions by
This Anthology of Medical Conditions and Presentations has been prepared for the Australian Medical Council by an expert multidisciplinary editorial committee and contributors, to assist problem-solving based on presenting clinical conditions. The book derives from the Medical Council of Canada’s Objectives for the Qualifying Examination; and has been fully adapted and illustrated to reflect clinical conditions and ethical, legal and organisational aspects of Australian clinical medicine.
AMC Suggested reading material for examination preparation
Good Medical Practice
Good medical practice: professionalism, ethics and law - 4th ed . by Other suggested textbooks
Copied from the AMC website 27/2/24: "There are many medical textbooks available and most of them are of high standard. They range from quite short texts, which cover essential knowledge, to long and comprehensive treatises which most people use as reference books. The AMC has drawn up the following list as a guide to some useful texts. They are not intended as prescribed reading.
AMC Examinations are set on the latest editions of the recommended textbooks. It is up to the AMC candidate to obtain the latest information. Material contained in previous editions of the recommended textbooks, or other unspecified textbooks, may not be correct and will not be used to determine the result of AMC Examinations."
Clinical Problems in Medicine and Surgery by 
Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine by 
Oxford Textbook of Medicine by 
Talley & O'Connor's Clinical Examination : A systematic guide to physical diagnosis - 9th ed by 
Textbook of Surgery - 4th ed. by 
Hunt and Marshall's Clinical Problems in Surgery by 
Essential Paediatrics by 
Paediatric Handbook - (10th ed.) by 
Practical Paediatrics by 
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5 by 
Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry - (7th ed.) by 
John Murtagh's General Practice by John Murtagh's General Practice (8th ed) by 
Murtagh's Practice Tips (Ed. 8th ed.) by Murtagh's Practice Tips (Ed. 8th ed.) by 
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I Feel Crook Doc: Language, Cultural Issues and Etiquette in the Australian Consulting Room - (3rd 3ed.) by Advice from AMC website noted 29/2/24: In addition to the major texts, journals should be read selectively, using editorials, annotations and review articles. The following journals are suggested as source material
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