AMC Handbook of Multiple Choice Questions and other AMC publications

Can you get the AMC Handbook of Multiple Choice Questions from the AMC?

The AMC’s publications page and its resource list for international medical graduates (IMGs) don’t include the AMC Handbook of Multiple Choice Questions, and neither does its MCQ page. The MCQ Examination Specifications say the AMC publication Annotated Multiple Choice Questions covers the MCQ format and techniques, but they don’t say how to get it.

So for practice questions written by the AMC, the source it points to is the MCQ Preparation App: 210 questions written by AMC contributors, free with your MCQ authorisation and refreshed every year. The specifications add a set of sample questions, including image questions, in Appendix B.

Australian Medicine in Context

This is the AMC’s free book for medical students, IMGs preparing for AMC exams and practising doctors. It builds on the AMC’s Anthology of Medical Conditions (2003), which the AMC says formed the basis of all its exam content, and puts more weight on patient presentations and professional practice.

It has 105 patient presentations and 56 professional practice topics, plus chapters on Australian health care and on cultural, social and population health, including the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. You can download it as a PDF from the AMC.

Is there an AMC handbook for the clinical exam?

The AMC doesn’t list an AMC Handbook of Clinical Assessment among its resources either. For the clinical exam it points to the Clinical Examination Specifications (June 2026), with suggested reading and examples of station material, its Tips from Examiners (October 2024) and its candidate briefing video.