AMC Clinical Examination

I have recently received few queries about clinical examination, so I thought I should write bit about clinical examination first and then go back to intial topics. Writing for AMC clinical exam requires more than one blog, you will need bit more patient to read me.

I will start with the exam procedure. Before you take clinical exam, you have to cleared AMC MCQ exam and according to new rule, that is the only requirement. You don't have to have any clinical experience in Australia before you take the exam, but clinical experience in Australian Health gives you more chance to pass.

There are 16 active stations and 4 rest stations.

16 active stations includes general medicine, general surgery, psychiatric, 3 X paediatrics and 3 X O&G cases.There are 4 rest stations and you don't have to do anything over there, it is just REST stations, and they are not marked.

Each station will be of 10 minutes duration, 2 minutes for reading (outside the room) and 8 minutes for actual case performance. Case can be anything but usually mixture of history, examination, differential diagnoses, investigation, management, counselling/education to patient or clinical procedure.

For passing the exam, you have to clear 12 out of 16 including 1 in paediatrics and 1 in O&G. If you passed 13/16, but failed either all 3 paediatrics or 3 O & G, they you are failed. If you passed 10 or 11 cases then you will have chance to do re-test (8 station exam without payment of fees). In re-test, you have to pass 6 out of 8 to pass the exam. If passed 9 or less cases then you have to appear for new exam and have to pay exam fee again.

For more information, please refer AMC exam specification booklet or visit website. Please read disclaimer before using the information.