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Bridging Program for doctors preparing for the Australian Medical Council examinations
AMC Bridging Courses for 2009As yet we have not set any course dates for our AMC Clinical and MCQ Bridging courses for 2009. We will be confirming dates for 2009 in October/November of this year. By then we will have an indication of when the Australian Medical Council will be conducting their Part 1 and Part 2 exams. In the interim you can submit your details by sending us an email and providing your name, contact number, postal address and email address. Once we have confirmed the dates we will inform you via email. |
The RACGP AMC Bridging Program has been developed to meet the needs of doctors with overseas qualifications who are preparing to sit the Australian Medical Council's examinations. The Program is designed to rapidly improve candidates’ professional knowledge in the areas necessary to pass the AMC examinations and for subsequent clinical practice.
The Bridging Program can assist doctors who trained overseas and who
- are seeking professional recognition in Australia;
- are preparing for the AMC examinations;
- have experienced difficulties with past AMC examinations;
- are seeking guided learning to target performance gaps before sitting the AMC examinations.
There are three courses in the RACGP AMC Bridging Program
- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) Course (10 weeks)
for doctors who are beginning the process of AMC registration.
This is a 10 week program which is a combination of doing 40 MCQs online each week for 10 weeks and attending 3 weekend workshops. Before the 2nd and 3rd workshop, participants undertake a 125 MCQ Mock Exam and the results and answers are gone through one-by-one in detail at the workshops.
- Clinical Skills Course (each Friday for 8 weeks with the Trial Exam being held on the following Saturday), for doctors who have passed the AMC MCQ examination and who are now preparing for the AMC Clinical exam, or who have experienced difficulties with this exam in the past.
- Structured Clinical Assessment (1 day multi-station mock exam) for doctors who wish to assess their readiness to sit the AMC clinical exam.
RACGP offers a comprehensive and integrated program for doctors with overseas qualifications who are preparing to sit the Australian Medical Council examinations. The inter-related courses that make up the program are developed and taught by experienced medical educators who have examiner experience. They not only help identify and target individual performance gaps but also demonstrate in detail how the examinations work and how they are assessed, and what standards must be met in order to pass.
Commonwealth Loan Scheme available to Bridging Program participants
A Commonwealth Loan Scheme, FEE-HELP, is now available to Australian citizen and permanent resident doctors who wish to enrol in our AMC Bridging Program courses. The scheme will cover the full fees for any of our Bridging Courses.
To find out if you are eligible for FEE-HELP support or for more information about the scheme, visit http://aei.dest.gov.au/AEI/QualificationsRecognition/Default.htm
For further information on our bridging courses click on the link below. To be mailed an application package, please contact: 1800 28 4732 or email: gpeducation@racgp.org.au
Related files
AMC Bridging Program Brochure (1.5MB)
FAQs for the AMC Bridging Courses MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)(39Kb)
FAQs for the AMC Bridging Courses Clinical Series (40Kb)
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