About Australian Medical Council (AMC)
The AMC is the national standards body for medical education and training. Its purpose is to ensure that the standards of education, training and assessment of the medical professional promote and protect the health of the Australian community.
The AMC is responsible for:
The AMC is responsible for:
- developing accreditation standards for medical programs across all phases of medical education
- assessing medical programs and their providers against the standards and accrediting programs that meet these standards
- assessing international medical graduates seeking registration to practise medicine in Australia
- ensuring culturally safe practice to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori peoples.
The AMC also:
- undertakes research in medical education and contributes to national policy development
- publishes books on standards of medical practice and produces resources to support accreditation and assessment.