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This question bank includes every single item asked in the AMC examination. We have questions covering every subject and every question type presented in the exam, from the basic biological fact question type to the trickiest ones with complex clinical scenarios. Our panel of experts uses the latest medical evidence available including the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners guidelines, subscription-based TG guidelines, National Prescribing Service data, scientific articles, books of reference and summarizes everything for you. This facilitates the rapid learning of our students and puts them ahead of the Gaussian curve. Furthermore, our unique approach to recall-inspired multiple-choice questions keeps us updated with the latest changes on the AMC exam structure. An important aspect that distinguishes us from the rest of the question banks is that we are all doctors with vast experience in medical training. This allows us to make clinically relevant questions with precise explanations that will make your learning process even easier.

What are the studying resources for the AMC MCQ exam?

Studying resources can be divided into five categories:

1) QUESTION BANKS - - - - - (Subscription)

2) TEXTBOOKS - - - - - - - - - (Purchase)

3) MEDICAL GUIDELINES

4) WEBSITES OF REFERENCE - - (Free)

5) BRIDGING COURSES - - (Subscription)

1) QUESTION BANKS

In order to obtain certification through an Australian Medical school or by the Australian Medical Council, you are required to take multiple choice exams. Therefore, you need to practice with a computer-based system that allows you to train yourself in solving difficult medical scenarios in a limited time (84 seconds per question). Unfortunately, the Australian Medical Council has not released an updated version of the only book of reference (Handbook of multiple choice questions) since its first edition in December 2009. Furthermore, they only offer 1 mock exam of 50 questions on their website (MCQ Trial Examination). These questions have been noted by candidates to be easier and straightforward in comparison to the questions you get in the real exam. Therefore, with such a limited source of information provided by official sources, students need to seek preparation somewhere else. There are several question banks available on the internet. However, most of them are not based in Australia. Furthermore, the Australian-based ones lack updates and are not peer-reviewed. Melbourne Q-Bank is the only peer-reviewed Australian-based question bank in the country.

2) TEXTBOOKS

First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CK, Tenth Edition
Toronto Notes 2021

3) Oz MEDICAL GUIDELINES

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⇒ Abbreviation List for use in Medical Records:

Medical Abbreviations by New South Wales Government – South Eastern Sydney Local Health District NOV2020 . Policy No: 2016-9005 v2
Laboratory Adult reference Values and Units. NSWHP Hospital – Laboratory Clinical Projects Laboratory Manual, ADULT REFERENCE INTERVALS- CPROAH Reference Ranges Adult – Feb 2019 Reviewed & Authorised by: E.Brighten
Laboratory reference values by St John Ambulance Western, Australia.

⇒ Anesthesia / Perioperative Medicine:

Guidelines on Perioperative Management of Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Agents – Sydney: Clinical Excellence Commission. December 2018
The perioperative management of anticoagulation – R. Sridhar and A. P. Grigg, Haematology Department, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne. Australian Prescriber Vol. 23 No. 1 2000 – NPS Medicinewise
(USA)* – Anticoagulation Guidelines & Recommendations UC San Diego Health.

Anticoagulation:
- Anticoagulation: a GP primer on the new oral anticoagulants – David Brieger, Australian Family Physician Vol. 43, NO. 5, MAY 2014
- Warfarin:
  - How to manage warfarin therapy -Philip A Tideman, et all. Australian Prescriber – VOL 38: Number 2: APRIL 2015. Fennerty protocol with age adjustment.
  - Guidelines for warfarin management in the community – Published by the State of Queensland (Queensland Health) and the Royal Flying Doctor Service Queensland Section, May, 2016
  - Venous Thromboembolism:
    - Guideline for the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) in Adult Hospitalised Patients. Medication Services Queensland – Published by the State of Queensland (Queensland Health), December 2018
    - Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Clinical Care Standard: Implementation Guide – Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 2020. www.safetyandquality.gov.au
    ⇒ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health:
    - Best-practice guide to cognitive impairment and dementia care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people attending primary care. Presentation-Summary, December, 2020.
    - National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – RACGP-NACCHO, third edition, 2018.
    - National Guide lifecycle chart – RACGP-NACCH, third edition, 2018. – Child – Young people,and Adults.
    - The 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (3.2 edition, March 2022) – RHDAustralia
    ⇒ Abuse and Violence:
    - COVID-19 and family violence support – RACGP 2020.
    - “The white book” – Abuse and violence. Working with our patients in general practice. Fourth edition, published in June 2014.
    - Practice guidelines for treatment of complex trauma and trauma informed care and service delivery (Free Digital Download).
    ⇒ Cancer:
    - Blood:
      - National Strategic Action Plan for Blood Cancer. June 2020. Website
      - Breast
        
        Breast symptoms – a guide for General Practitioners 2017.
        
        Guidelines for the management of advanced breast cancer:
        
        CNS metastases in women with secondary breast cancer – Cancer Australia 2014
        
        Bisphosphonates foradvancedbreastcancer – CancerAustralia2011.
        
        Metastatic breast cancer – Cancer Australia, updated: 12 October 2021.
        
        Managment for Avanced Breast cancer (pdf) – Prepared by the iSource National Breast Cancer Centre Advanced Breast Cancer Working Group – National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) – Jan 2001.
        
        iPrevent™ is a breast cancer risk assessment and risk management decision support tool designed to facilitate prevention and screening discussions between women and their doctors.
        
        Cervix:
        
        National Cervical Screening Program: Guidelines for the management of screen-detected abnormalities, screening in specific populations and investigation of abnormal vaginal bleeding.
        
        Colon
        
        Colorectal cancer. Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, early detection, and management of colorectal cancer.
        
        Surveillance Colonoscopy: Summary of NHMRC approved recommendations. Cancer Council Australia, updated March 2019.
        
        Esophagus:
        
        Diagnosis and management of Barrett’s esophagus and early esophageal adenocarcinoma.
        
        Endometrial:
        
        Endometrial cancer – Shared follow-up care for women with low-risk endometrial cancer: A guide for General Practitioners (GP Guide). RACGP – ASGO – The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2020.
        
        General:
        
        Clinical practice guidelines developed by Cancer Council Australia.
        
        Standards for general practices – RACGP, fifth edition. Published in July 2017; updated, November 2021.
        
        Skin:
        
        Keratinocyte Cancer. Summary of NHMRC approved recommendations. Cancer Council Australia, updated March 2019.
        
        Lung:
        
        Radiation pneumonitis – Cancer Institute NSW
        
        Melanoma and other skin cancers: a guide for medical practitioners.
        
        Lung cancer – Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and diagnosis of lung cancer.
        
        Investigating symptoms of lung cancer: a guide for all health professionals. RACGP, May 2020.
        
        Prostate:
        
        Prostate cancer – RACGP.
        
        PSA testing & early management of test-detected prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia – Cancer Council Australia, 2016.
        
        Oz Medical Guidelines
        
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        4) VALUABLE WEBSITES OF REFERENCE
        
        Website of reference mainly from Australia and New Zealand:
        
        Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care:
        
        Publication and resources
        
        Critical care:
        
        Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society – ANZICS
        
        College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand CICM
        
        Critical care and resuscitation: journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine – CCR
        
        Dermatology:
        
        DermNet – All topics related to skin – Basal cell carcinoma
        
        Skin cancer – Sun Smart
        
        The Australasian College of Dermatologists www.dermcoll.edu.au
        
        Emergency Medicine:
        
        Emergency Care Institute NSW – Clinician hub
        
        OzEMedicine – Wiki for Australian Emergency Medicine Doctors – OzEMedicine Wiki
        
        Life In The Fastlane –LITFL
        
        ECG & ECHO Learning – ecgwaves
        
        General Medicine:
        
        Australian Capital Territory Health – ACT Health
        
        Australian Journal of General Practice – AJGP – Topics
        
        Health Direct – healthdirect
        
        National Prescribing Service, MedicineWise – NPS
        
        Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme – PBS
        
        Royal Australian College of General Practitioners – RACGP
        
        Therapeutic Guidelines – TG guidelines
        
        Therapeutic Goods Administration – TGA
        
        Safer Care Victoria – Clinical Guidelines – SCV
        
        Infectious Diseases:
        
        NSW Health Facts sheet – NSW Health
        
        Legal – Regulations:
        
        All Australian jurisdictions – www.austlii.edu.au
        
        Cth – www.comlaw.gov.au
        
        ACT – www.legislation.act.gov.au
        
        NSW – www.legislation.nsw.gov.au
        
        NT – www.nt.gov.au
        
        Qld – www.legislation.qld.gov.au
        
        SA – www.parliament.sa.gov.au
        
        Tas – www.legislation.tas.gov.au
        
        Vic – www.legislation.vic.gov.au
        
        WA – www.legislation.wa.gov.au
        
        Oncology:
        
        Cancer Institute NSW – www.cancer.nsw.gov.au
        
        Leukemia Foundation: Guidelines
        
        Orthopaedics:
        
        Orthopedics Bullets www.orthobullets.com
        
        Paediatrics:
        
        The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne – RCH
        
        Pathology:
        
        The Royal College of Pathologists of Australia – RCPA
        
        Rheumatology:
        
        The Australian Rheumatology Association – ARA
        
        Musculoskeletal Australia – MSK
        
        Surgery:
        
        Royal Australian College of Surgeons – RACS
        
        Cardiothoracic Surgery / Contact
        
        General Surgery / Contact
        
        Neurosurgery / Contact
        
        Orthopaedic Surgery / Contact
        
        Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
        
        Paediatric Surgery / Contact
        
        Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery / Contact
        
        ContactUrology / Contact
        
        Vascular Surgery / Contact
        
        Courses: Continuous Profesional Development
        
        5) BRIDGING COURSES
        
        Bridging courses can be useful if you need to be guided through subjects where you do not feel confident. Furthermore, if you have not studied medicine for a while these courses may help to regain appetite for reading and learning. However, keep in mind in these courses you are a passive learner and they teach you concepts that you can find on textbooks and Australian guidelines. M ost of these courses are run by IMG’s (international medical graduates) and this is because no Australian, nor UK doctors are required to take this exam. Therefore, the only ones with real experience in AMC are the IMG. The Australian Medical Council allows UK, Irish, Scottish, South African, and New Zealanders to practice medicine in Australia without any process of recertification. Therefore, having a supply of doctors with equivalent qualifications from the mentioned countries leaves Australians with little to no interest in training IMG’s for this exam. While tanking a bringing course can help be helpful, do not solely base your preparation on these courses because your test is a multiple-choice exam, not a listening contest. You need to develop test-taking skills.
        
        ⇒ Abbreviation List for use in Medical Records:
        
        Medical Abbreviations by New South Wales Government – The Sydney Children’s Hospital. Policy No: 2016-9005 v2
        
        ⇒ Anesthesia / Perioperative Medicine:
        
        Guidelines on Perioperative Management of Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Agents – Sydney: Clinical Excellence Commission. December 2018
        
        The perioperative management of anticoagulation – R. Sridhar and A. P. Grigg, Haematology Department, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne. Australian Prescriber Vol. 23 No. 1 2000 – NPS Medicinewise
        
        (USA)* – Anticoagulation Guidelines & Recommendations UC San Diego Health.
        
        Anticoagulation:
        
        Anticoagulation: a GP primer on the new oral anticoagulants – David Brieger, Australian Family Physician Vol. 43, NO. 5, MAY 2014
        
        Warfarin:
        
        How to manage warfarin therapy -Philip A Tideman, et all. Australian Prescriber – VOL 38: Number 2: APRIL 2015. Fennerty protocol with age adjustment.
        
        Guidelines for warfarin management in the community – Published by the State of Queensland (Queensland Health) and the Royal Flying Doctor Service Queensland Section, May, 2016
        
        Venous Thromboembolism:
        
        Guideline for the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) in Adult Hospitalised Patients. Medication Services Queensland – Published by the State of Queensland (Queensland Health), December 2018
        
        Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Clinical Care Standard: Implementation Guide – Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 2020. www.safetyandquality.gov.au
        
        ⇒ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health:
        
        Best-practice guide to cognitive impairment and dementia care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people attending primary care. Presentation-Summary, December, 2020.
        
        National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – RACGP-NACCHO, third edition, 2018.
        
        National Guide lifecycle chart – RACGP-NACCH, third edition, 2018 – Child – Young people – and Adult.
        
        The 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (3.2 edition, March 2022) – RHDAustralia
        
        ⇒ Abuse and Violence:
        
        COVID-19 and family violence support – RACGP 2020.
        
        “The white book” – Abuse and violence. Working with our patients in general practice. Fourth edition, published in June 2014.
        
        Practice guidelines for treatment of complex trauma and trauma informed care and service delivery (Free Digital Download).
        
        ⇒ Aged care:
        
        “The silver book” Part A – and – PART B -RACGP aged care clinical guide. Fifth edition 2019.
        
        ⇒ Cancer:
        
        Blood:
        
        National Strategic Action Plan for Blood Cancer. June 2020. Website
        
        Breast
        
        Breast symptoms – a guide for General Practitioners 2017.
        
        Guidelines for the management of advanced breast cancer:
        
        CNS metastases in women with secondary breast cancer – Cancer Australia 2014
        
        Bisphosphonates foradvancedbreastcancer – CancerAustralia2011.
        
        Metastatic breast cancer – Cancer Australia, updated: 12 October 2021.
        
        Managment for Avanced Breast cancer (pdf) – Prepared by the iSource National Breast Cancer Centre Advanced Breast Cancer Working Group – National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) – Jan 2001.
        
        iPrevent™ is a breast cancer risk assessment and risk management decision support tool designed to facilitate prevention and screening discussions between women and their doctors.
        
        Cervix:
        
        National Cervical Screening Program: Guidelines for the management of screen-detected abnormalities, screening in specific populations and investigation of abnormal vaginal bleeding.
        
        Colon
        
        Colorectal cancer. Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, early detection, and management of colorectal cancer.
        
        Surveillance Colonoscopy: Summary of NHMRC approved recommendations. Cancer Council Australia, updated March 2019.
        
        Esophagus:
        
        Diagnosis and management of Barrett’s esophagus and early esophageal adenocarcinoma.
        
        Endometrial:
        
        Endometrial cancer – Shared follow-up care for women with low-risk endometrial cancer: A guide for General Practitioners (GP Guide). RACGP – ASGO – The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2020.
        
        General:
        
        Clinical practice guidelines developed by Cancer Council Australia.
        
        Standards for general practices – RACGP, fifth edition. Published in July 2017; updated, November 2021.
        
        Skin:
        
        Keratinocyte Cancer. Summary of NHMRC approved recommendations. Cancer Council Australia, updated March 2019.
        
        Lung:
        
        Radiation pneumonitis – Cancer Institute NSW
        
        Melanoma and other skin cancers: a guide for medical practitioners.
        
        Lung cancer – Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and diagnosis of lung cancer.
        
        Investigating symptoms of lung cancer: a guide for all health professionals. RACGP, May 2020.
        
        Prostate:
        
        Prostate cancer – RACGP.
        
        PSA testing & early management of test-detected prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia – Cancer Council Australia, 2016.
        
        ⇒ Cardiology
        
        Acute Coronary Syndromes – National Heart Foundation of Australia & Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand: Australian Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes 2016. Heart Foundation-Download
        
        General Cardiology
        
        Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zeleand Guidelines– CSANZ
        
        Assessing Fitness to Drive (July 2022)
        
        Quit Heart Foundation : Smoking and vaping cessation (Oct 2021)
        
        NHFA: Coronary artery calcium scoring for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (May 2021)
        
        Cardiac Rehabilitation: face-to-face and telehealth delivery options (16 Dec 2020)
        
        Guidelines for the Prevention, Detection, and Management of Heart Failure in Australia (2018)
        
        Australian Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes (2016)
        
        Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Australia (3rd Edition) (2020)
        
        Reducing_Risk_in_Heart_Disease (updated 2012)
        
        Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring (26 May 2017)
        
        Psychosocial Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease (NHF website)
        
        Sedation for Cardiological Procedures (April 2015)
        
        Ambulatory ECG Monitoring (2012)
        
        Clinical Exercise Stress Testing in Adults (2014)
        
        Noninvasive Coronary Artery Imaging (2010)
        
        Sedation in Conjunction with Transoesophageal Echocardiography (2011)
        
        Training and Performance in Adult Echocardiography (2015)
        
        Position Statement on the Initial Certification and Maintenance of Recognition in Cardiac MRI (2020)
        
        Down Syndrome – Routine Cardiac Assessment of Newborns (2016)
        
        Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Recommendations for Standards of Care (2016)
        
        Paediatric Cardiology – Standards of Practice (2016)
        
        Paediatric Cardiac Catheterisation (2020)
        
        Paediatric Echocardiography (2016)
        
        Paediatric Electrocardiograms (2016)
        
        Australian Clinical Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation (2018)
        
        Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (2016)
        
        Prevention of Accidental Exposure to High Voltage Electric Shocks During the preparation for Burial of Deceased Persons with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs)(2014)
        
        Atrial Fibrillation Ablation (2013)
        
        Sub-specialty Training in Adult Cardiac Clinical Electrophysiology (2017)
        
        Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDs): Selection, Implantation and Follow Up (2017)
        
        ⇒ Critical Care
        
        Brain Death -The ANZICS statement on death and organ donation. ANZICS
        
        Brain death – www.csds.qld.edu.au
        
        Verification of brain death in the ventilated patient – OzEMedicine
        
        ⇒ Disability:
        
        Late effects of polio. A guide to management for medical professionals Spinal Life Australia.
        
        Positive cardiometabolic health for people with an intellectual disability. An early intervention framework. Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry (3DN), UNSW Medicine.
        
        ⇒ Emergencies in Primary care:
        
        Emergency management of hyperglycaemia in primary care – RACGP ADS, 2018.
        
        The Anaphylaxis Wallchart – RACGP-NSP
        
        Early recognition of hyperglycaemia. Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State (HHS) – Emergency management in children.
        
        ⇒ Emergency Medicine:
        
        TBI Herniation Syndromes – Alfred Health Emergency – Dr Hector Thomson EM Registrar – Peer reviewed by Dr Luke Phillips and Editor Dr David McCreary – Jan 7, 2022 – Related links: Critical Care, Neurosurgery, Trauma.
        
        Managing aggressive and violent patients – Gordian Fulde – Emergency Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney – Aust Prescr 2011;34:166-8
        
        ⇒ Ethics:
        
        AMA Guidelines for Doctors on Managing Conflicts of Interest in Medicine 2018.
        
        Code of Ethics for Nurses in Australia – Australian College of Nursing.
        
        Good medical practice: a code of conduct for doctors in Australia – Medical Board Ahpra – October 2020.
        
        ⇒ General Medicine
        
        Asthma – Australian Asthma Handbook
        
        Chronic Kidney Disease Management in Primary Care. Kidney Health Australia, fourth edition, 2020.
        
        COPD-X Concise Guide – Recommendations for primary care on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). RACGP – The thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand, 2018.
        
        Cannabis:
        
        Medicinal cannabis and persistent pain – MSK Australia.
        
        Guidelines endorsed by Australian Advisory Council on the Medicinal Use of Cannabis.
        
        Overview
        
        Chronic non-cancer pain
        
        Epilepsy treatment in paediatric and young adult patients in Australia.
        
        Nausea and vomiting
        
        Multiple sclerosis
        
        Palliative care
        
        Product information.
        
        Patient information.
        
        Diabetes:
        
        Australian National Diabetes Strategy 2021 – 2030. Commonwealth of Australia 2021.
        
        Driving & Diabetes:
        
        Assessing Fitness to Drive for commercial and private vehicle drivers. Medical standards for licensing and clinical management guidelines a resource for health professionals in Australia Edition: 6.0 – Published: 22 June 2022.
        
        Assessing Fitness to Drive for commercial and private vehicle drivers. Medical standards for licensing and clinical management guidelines a resource for health professionals in Australia October 2016. Austroads – NTC Australia
        
        Fitness to drive with Diabetes – Austroads www.austroads.com.au/
        
        Diabetes and Driving- National Diabetes Services Scheme – (NDSS) An Australian Government initiative. Version 4 April 2020. First published August 2011.
        
        Management of hyperlipidemia – RACGP
        
        Primary Dyslipidemias: Familial hypercholesterolaemia: A guide for general practice – AJGP
        
        ⇒ Genomics:
        
        Carrier screening guideline, A guide to preconception and early pregnancy
        carrier screening for hereditary rare diseases. Website . RACGP.
        
        Genomics in general practice. RACGP, published in April 2018; updated in September 2020.
        
        ⇒ Legal Medicine:
        
        Dangerous Patients and the Duty of Care – Case legal analysis – 2013 – Health Legal
        
        General practice – A safe place General practice: tips and tools. This booklet focuses on threats to personal safety rather than the clinical management of ‘difficult’ patient interactions. Leanne Rowe AM – Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Publications Unit. March 2009; reprinted April 2011.
        
        Physician-nurse conflict: can nurses refuse to carry out doctor’s orders? – Frederich ME, J Palliat Med. 2002 Feb;5 – Sci-hub
        
        Consent to Medical and Healthcare Treatment Manual NSW Health – February 2020. www.health.nsw.gov.au
        
        NSW Health Nurse Practitioners – This Policy Directive outlines the requirements for establishing, implementing, and sustaining nurse practitioner roles in NSW Health.
        
        The Australian Medico-legal Handbook, Cameron Stewart, Ian Kerridge, Malcolm Parker – Elsevier Australia, 2007 – Google-books
        
        The Code: Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives, and nursing associates. Nursing and Midwifery Council (UK). Updated on 10 October 2018.
        
        The ICN Code of ethics for nurses – International Council of Nurses, 3, place Jean Marteau, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland. Revised 2021.
        
        ⇒ Infectious Diseases:
        
        Cardiac:
        
        Infective endocarditis – Queensland
        
        Infective endocarditis – New guidelines for prophylaxis
        
        Enteric Infections:
        
        Salmonella typhi (typhoid enteric fever) – OzEMedicine
        
        Salmonellosis (excluding S. Typhi and Paratyphi Infection) – NSW Health
        
        Laboratory
        
        Laboratory-acquired infections. Singh K. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Jul 1;49(1):142-7.
        
        Urinary Tract Infections:
        
        Urinary Tract Infections (adult): Empirical Treatment Clinical Guideline – Version 2.1 – Approval date: 25/08/2022 – Government of South Australia – South Australia Health.
        
        Skin infections:
        
        Bacterial skin and soft tissue infections. Sukumaran V, Senanayake S. Aust Prescr 2016;39:159-63. – NPS
        
        Sexually Transmitted infections:
        
        Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine – ASHM
        
        Australian STI management guidelines for use in primary care – Australian Government Department of Health
        
        ⇒ Imaging:
        
        Clinical guidance for MRI referral. Guidance on head, cervical, spine, and knee MRIs – RACGP 2013.
        
        Breast imaging: a guide for practice – Endorsed by The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists – 2002
        
        Imaging in Trauma – Major Trauma Guidelines and Education – Victorian State Trauma System.
        
        Imaging in Trauma (Algorithm).
        
        ⇒ Mental Health:
        
        Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Acute Stress Disorder, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex PTSD. Chapter: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6/1, 7, 8, 9/1, 9/2, 9/3, 9/4, 9/5, 9/6, 9/7, 9/8, 9/9, 9/10, and 9/11 – website.
        
        Clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of work-related mental health conditions in general practice. RACGP – Monash University 2019.
        
        e-Mental health. A guide for GPs. Published September 2015, updated September 2018.
        
        General Practice Mental Health Standards Collaboration (GPMHSC):
        
        GP Mental Health Treatment Plan Templates.
        
        Mental health training standards 2020–22 .
        
        Suicide prevention and first aid: A resource for GPsAfter suicide
        
        After suicide.
        
        Communication between medical and mental health professionals.
        
        e-Mental health: what you need to know – Telepartnerships in mental health.
        
        Working with the Stepped Care Model: Mental health services through general practice.
        
        ⇒ Musculoskeletal health:
        
        Guideline for the management of knee and hip osteoarthritis. RACGP, second edition, published in July 2018.
        
        Osteoporosis prevention, diagnosis and management in postmenopausal women and men over 50 years of age. RACGP, second edition, 2017.
        
        New Zealand Acute LowBack Pain Guide – Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners – October 2004
        
        ⇒ Neurology:
        
        Concussion:
        
        Assessment of concussion – Australian Sports Commission (AIS)
        
        Concussion Recognition Tool 5
        
        Overview
        
        Care approach
        
        Diagnosing
        
        Symptom Management
        
        Wellbeing and support
        
        End of life
        
        ⇒ Neuro-surgery:
        
        Aneurysms:
        
        Comparative outcome analysis of anterior choroidal artery aneurysms treated with endovascular coiling or surgical clipping – Takachika Aoki, et al. 2016.
        
        ⇒ Ophthalmology:
        
        Eye Emergency Manual – An Illustrated Guide. NSW Department of Health
        73 Miller St NORTH SYDNEY NSW 2061 – Second Edition May 2009.
        
        The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital:
        
        Acute Management of Penetrating Eye Injury and Ruptured Globe.
        
        Acute Otitis Media
        
        Acute Primary Angle Closure
        
        Anterior Uveitis
        
        Bacterial Otitis Externa
        
        Bilateral Optic Disc Swelling
        
        Binocular Diplopia in Adults
        
        Blepharitis
        
        Central Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion and Amaurosis Fugax ED Clinical Pathway
        
        Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)
        
        Chalazion
        
        Chemical Injuries of the Eye
        
        Corneal Abrasion
        
        Corneal Foreign Body
        
        Dacryocystitis
        
        Dysphonia
        
        Endophthalmitis
        
        Foreign Body in the External Auditory Canal
        
        Fungal Otitis Externa
        
        Giant Cell Arteritis (Temporal Arteritis)
        
        Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus
        
        Herpetic Corneal Infections
        
        Hyphaema
        
        Impacted Wax
        
        Laser Peripheral Iridotomy (LPI)
        
        Malignant Otitis Externa
        
        Marginal Keratitis
        
        Microbial Keratitis
        
        Optic Neuritis
        
        Peri -Tonsillar Abscess (Quinsy)
        
        Peri- and Post-operative Management of Penetrating Eye Injury
        
        Perichondritis of the Pinna
        
        Post Tonsillectomy Bleeding
        
        Posterior Vitreous Detachments and Retinal Tears
        
        Preseptal and Orbital Cellulitis
        
        Recurrent Corneal Erosion Syndrome
        
        Referred Otalgia
        
        Retrobulbar Haemorrhage
        
        Seventh Cranial Nerve Palsy
        
        Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL)
        
        Thyroid-Associated Orbitopathy
        
        Traumatic Tympanic Membrane Perforation
        
        Ultraviolet Keratopathy
        
        Viral Conjunctivitis
        
        YAG Capsulotomy
        
        Otolaryngology:
        
        Neck masses:
        
        An approach to neck masses in adults – The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners 2020. Eren Tan, et. AJGP VOL. 49, NO. 5, MAY 2020 |
        
        Management of Salivary Gland Malignancy: ASCO Guideline – Geiger JL, Management of Salivary Gland Malignancy: ASCO Guideline. J Clin Oncol. 2021 Jun 10;39(17):1909-1941.
        
        Acoustic Neuroma
        
        Aesthetic Facial Surgery – otoplasty, etc.
        
        Atelectasis
        
        Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media
        
        ⇒ Perioperative Pandemics and immunisation:
        
        COVID-19 Infection control principles.
        
        Responding to a COVID-19 case in the practice team.
        
        Keeping your practice COVID-safe.
        
        How to don and remove personal protective equipment (PPE).
        
        Videos: Using PPE and hand sanitising.
        
        Optimising the use of personal protective equipment in general practice during COVID-19.
        
        Caring for adult patients with post-COVID-19 conditions.
        
        Managing patients who present with respiratory symptoms in the context of COVID-19.
        
        COVID-19 and family violence support.
        
        Diabetes management during the coronavirus pandemic: Be proactive and prepared.
        
        Managing mild COVID-19 at home with assistance from your GP: A guide, action plan and symptom diary for patients.
        
        ⇒ Pain management:
        
        Opioids update – RACG 2020.
        
        Prescribing drugs of dependence in general practice: Part A (Clinical governance framework); Part B (Benzodiazepines); Part C1 (Opioids); and Part C2 (The role of opioids in pain management).
        
        ⇒ Paediatric – child health:
        
        Guideline for acute management of mild to moderate head injuries in children.
        
        Concussion in Sport Australia – Position Statement 2019.
        
        Australian and New Zealand Guideline for Mild to Moderate Head Injuries in Children.
        
        Infectious Diseases (Paeds)
        
        Cellulitis and other bacterial skin infections
        
        Poisoning
        
        Alkalis / Anticholinergic Syndrome / Anticonvulsant poisoning / Antihistamines – Antihistamine decongestant / Preparations /
        
        Benzodiazepine poisoning
        
        Camphor poisoning / Carbamazepine poisoning / Chloral Hydrate poisoning / Chroming / Corrosive / caustic poisoning.
        
        Essential Oil poisoning / Ethanol / Eucalyptus Oil poisoning.
        
        High risk – low dose paediatric ingestions / Hydrocarbon poisoning / Hydrofluoric acid exposure.
        
        Inhalants/Volatile Substance Use / Iron poisoning
        
        Local Anaesthetic poisoning
        
        Nicotine poisoning / Nitrous Oxide poisoning / Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory drug / NSAID poisoning
        
        Oral hypoglycaemic poisoning
        
        Paracetamol poisoning / Phenobarbitone poisoning / Phenytoin poisoning
        
        Quetiapine Poisoning
        
        Recreational drug use and overdose / Risperidone Poisoning / Salicylates poisoning
        
        Safer Baby in Pregnancy – Stillbirth Centre of Research Excellence.
        
        Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors / SSRIs poisoning / Serotonin and noradrenaline re-uptake / inhibitors SNRIs poisoning / Serotonin Toxicity / Snakebite / Sodium Valproate poisoning
        
        Spider bite – big black spider / Redback spider
        
        Sympathomimetic Agents
        
        Theophylline poisoning / Toxidromes poisoning / Tricyclic Antidepressants TCA poisoning
        
        Use of activated charcoal in poisonings
        
        ⇒ Preventive Medicine:
        
        Choosing Wisely Australia is part of a global healthcare initiative to improve the safety and quality of healthcare.
        
        “The Red Book” – Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice, 9th edition.
        
        “The green book” – Putting prevention into practice. Guidelines for the implementation of prevention in the general practice setting. RACGP, third edition, published in May 2018.
        
        Smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity (SNAP). A population health guide to behavioural risk factors in general practice RACGP, second edition, 2015.
        
        Smoking cessation – A guide for health professionals. Chapter 1 (Introduction to smoking cessation); Chapter 2 (Pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation); Chapter 3 (Behavioural and advice-based support for smoking cessation); Chapter 4 (Smoking cessation for high-prevalence groups); and Chapter 5 (Tobacco harm reduction).
        
        ⇒ Psychiatry
        
        Stopping and switching antipsychotic drugs – Australian Prescriber
        
        ⇒ Psychology:
        
        ⇒ RACGP Reports and communications:
        
        RACGP position on (1) homeopathy, (2) independent non-medical practitioner prescribing, and (3) non-GP initiated testing.
        
        ⇒ Refugee health:
        
        Health assessment for refugees and other humanitarian entrants. Australian Government – Department of Health. Website.
        
        Guide for clinicians working with interpreters in healthcare settings. Migrant & Refugee, Women’s health partnership. RACGP 2019.
        
        Asthma – The Spirometry Handbook for primary care: A guide to performing and interpreting spirometry for primary care health professionals. Melbourne 2020 – National Asthma Council Australia.
        
        Asthma: Diagnosis of asthma in children aged 6 years and over. National Asthma Council – Australian Asthma Handbook.
        
        Hospital-acquired Pneumonia & Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (Adults) Clinical Guideline – South Australia Health – 10 May 2018.
        
        The COPD-X Plan: Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for the management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2021 – Lung Foundation Australia
        
        Community-Acquired Pneumonia (Adults) – South Australia Health – Clinical Guideline No.: CG267 – Version No.: 2.0 – Approval date: April 2021
        
        Seronegative Rheumatic Disease
        – Ankylosing Spondylitis An update – Australian Family Physician. Vera Golder Lionel Schachna – Volume 42, Issue 11, November 2013
        
        Cannabinoids for arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions in adults – ARA
        
        ⇒ Rural Medicine:
        
        STI-HIV testing tool. Easy as 1 – 2 – 3. NSW Government 2021. Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Inc – The Management of Acute Neurotrauma in Rural and Remote Locations – A set of guidelines for the care of head and spinal injuries. Third Edition: 2009 Published by: Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Inc College of Surgeons’ Gardens 250 – 290 Spring Street East Melbourne VIC 3002
        
        ⇒ Sexual health:
        
        STI-HIV testing tool. Easy as 1 – 2 – 3. NSW Government 2021.
        
        Intrauterine devices/systems – Resources for general practice.
        
        Overview and disclaimer.
        
        Checklists and patient confirmation form.
        
        ⇒ Telehealth:
        
        Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine – Guidelines & website.
        
        Implementation guidelines for video consultations in general practice.
        
        Guidelines for interprofessional collaboration between general practitioners and other medical specialists providing video consultations. April 2014.
        
        Guidelines for technology-based patient consultations.
        
        Guidelines for interprofessional collaboration between general practitioners and other medical specialists providing video consultations – Emergency Medicine Appendix.
        
        Virtual care – NSW Government – Agency for Clinical Innovation.
        
        ⇒ Thoracic Surgery:
        
        ⇒ Toxicology and Wilderness:
        
        Bites and stings – Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service – Queensland Government.
        
        Bites and stings – first aid – Better Health – Victoria Government.
        
        Bites and stings – CPR first aid
        
        Jellyfish sting – First Aid – Australian Red Cross
        
        Snake bite, First Aid – Australian Red Cross
        
        Snake bite in tropical Australia: a prospective study in the “Top End” of the Northern Territory – Bart J Currie – Med J Aust 2004
        
        Snake bite – First aid fact sheet – St John Ambulance Australia
        
        Snake bites – Queensland Government – Department of Environment and Science – 6 October 2021.
        
        Snake bite – The Australian Snakebite Project, 2005–2015 – Med J Aust 2017.
        
        Snake bite – Flowchart – Management of Snake Bite (Victoria) – SCV
        
        Spider bite – Australian Red Cross
        
        Tick bite – Australian Red Cross
        
        What are Queensland’s most dangerous creatures? How to avoid and respond to attacks – Queensland Government.
        
        ⇒ Vascular Surgery:
        
        Acute Limb Ischaemia – Emergency Care Institute NSW
        
        Peripheral artery disease in the lower limbs – Secondary risk prevention AJGP Volume 49, Issue 5, May 2020.
        
        ⇒ Women’s health:
        
        OBSTETRICS (RANZCOG guidelines):
        
        Common concerns in early pregnancy:
        
        Fetal surveillance:
        
        Care of women with decreased fetal movements
        
        Home fetal heart monitoring
        
        Intrapartum fetal surveillance clinical guideline (4th edition)
        
        Intrapartum fetal surveillance clinical guideline (clinical algorithm)
        
        General:
        
        Diethylstilboestrol (DES) exposure in utero (C-Obs-56)
        
        Exercise during pregnancy
        
        The use of misoprostol in obstetrics and gynaecology (C-Gyn-20)
        
        Substance use in Pregnancy
        
        Infections in pregnancy:
        
        Management of Hepatitis C in Pregnancy (C-Obs-51)
        
        Management of Hepatitis B in Pregnancy (C-Obs-50)
        
        Under Review: Influenza Vaccination In Pregnancy (and in women planning pregnancy) (C-Obs 45)
        
        Prevention of Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection (C-Obs 64)
        
        Management of Perinatal Infections -ASID 2014 (includes: Cytomegalovirus, Enterovirus, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Herpes simplex virus, HIV, Listeria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Parvovirus, Rubella, Streptococcus – Group B, Toxoplasma gondii, Treponema pallidum (Syphilis), Varicella zoster virus.)
        
        Chickenpox in Pregnancy
        
        Bacterial Sepsis in Pregnancy
        
        Management of Varicella Infection (Chickenpox) in Pregnancy
        
        Intrapartum care, labour and birth:
        
        Home Births (C-Obs-2)
        
        Musculo-skeletal:
        
        Back pain – Lower back pain and pelvic girdle pain (PGP) – Volume 47, Issue 7, July 2018 – AJGP
        
        The Royal Women’s Hospital – Clinical guidelines:
        
        Abortion:
        
        Abortion or Miscarriage – Management of Presentation following Medical or Surgical Abortion or Miscarriage.
        
        Abortion Medical Management to 9 weeks of Pregnancy.
        
        Breast implant – The investigation of patients with breast implants. NSW Ministry of Health, January 2020.
        
        Depression and related disorders – anxiety, bipolar disorder and puerperal psychosis – in the perinatal period. A guideline for primary care health professionals – National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) -Beyond Blue Ltd – February 2011.
        
        Depression and other disorders: Perinatal mental health. Australian Family Physician VOL. 43, NO. 4, APRIL 2014.
        
        Female genital cosmetic surgery. A resource for general practitioners and other health professionals. RACGP, 2015.
        
        Guideline for the management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy and hyperemesis gravidarum. Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ) 2019.