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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 December 2010. Between accreditation visits, the AMC monitors developments through annual reports.
2009 Annual Report to the AMC
In September 2009 the College was required to submit an Annual Report to the AMC detailing significant changes to RACP education programs that have occurred since the 2008 AMC Accreditation Review, and describing the College's progress in addressing the recommendations noted in the AMC's 2008 Accreditation Report. The 2009 Annual Report will be considered by the AMC's Specialist Education and Accreditation Committee during the coming months.
2008 Submission to the AMC
During 2008 the education programs offered by the College were comprehensively reviewed by the AMC. The AMC's Accreditation Report on the education and training programs of the RACP was published in February 2009.
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- Adult Medicine, and Paediatric and Child Health Medicine (3MB)
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine (378KB)
- Public Health Medicine (1.3MB)
- Rehabilitation Medicine (647KB)
- Addiction Medicine (128KB)
- Palliative Medicine (176KB)
- Sexual Health Medicine (413KB)
- Supplementary RACP Submission to Australian Medical Council (01 July 2008) (330KB)
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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