AMC Accreditation


Accreditation of the RACP

In Australia, all providers of specialist medical education must be accredited by the Australian Medical Council (AMC). In New Zealand the process of accreditation is managed by the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ).

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians is accredited by the Australian Medical Council (AMC) as a provider of specialist medical education. At the last review the RACP was granted accreditation until June 2008. Between accreditation visits, the AMC monitors developments through annual reports.

During 2008 the education programs offered by the College are scheduled to undergo another comprehensive review by the AMC.  The College has already forwarded submission documentation to the AMC and this will be followed by a series of site visits and meetings with trainees, Fellows and College committees later in the year.

2008 Submission to the AMC

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Background

The Australian Medical Council (AMC) is a national standards body for medical education and training. One of its functions is to advise and make recommendations to the State and Territory medical boards on the accreditation of Australian and Australasian providers of specialist medical training and of their specialist medical training and professional development programs.

The AMC issues guidelines setting out the educational principles, institutional processes, training settings and resources required for specialist education and training and professional development programs. The guidelines provide standards that a provider of specialist medical education must meet to be accredited.

The primary objective of the AMC accreditation process is to provide external assurance of the quality of medical education, based on explicit standards. It also aims to encourage improvements in postgraduate medical education in Australia that respond to evolving health needs and practices, and educational and scientific developments.

More information on Review and Accreditation of Specialist Medical Education and Training programs in Australia can be found at: http://www.amc.org.au/review.asp.

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