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Answers about the platform, the diagnostic, mock exams and billing. Anything not covered here can be sent to support.

The platform

No. AMC Preparation is an independent preparation product. Questions are written in the style of the examination but are not AMC questions, and the AMC website is the authoritative source for the examination rules, dates and fees.

International medical graduates preparing for the AMC CAT MCQ, whether studying full time or alongside clinical work. The platform covers clinical knowledge, question practice and timed assessment.

All six patient groups of the AMC blueprint: adult health (medicine), 30% of the exam; adult health (surgery), 20%; and women's health, child health, mental health, and population health and ethics, 12.5% each.

Questions and explanations are written to the CAT MCQ format and reviewed against the clinical domains. Every explanation names the Australian guideline or clinical principle it relies on.

Yes. Vignettes are set in Australian hospitals and general practices, and explanations follow Australian guidance, including the Therapeutic Guidelines and the relevant national clinical guidelines.

Yes. Daily Study, practice, recall and the knowledge organiser are designed for use on a phone. Full mock exams also work on a phone, although a larger screen is recommended.

The diagnostic and study plan

About 14 minutes for 12 questions. There is no time limit, although working at exam pace gives the most useful result.

Not to start. At the end you add your first name and email to see the result, which creates a free account and emails you a copy. No card details are required.

A score for each subject and overall, the subjects that most need attention and an explanation for every question.

From your exam date, your weekly hours and your diagnostic result. Weekly targets are weighted by each domain's share of the blueprint and by where your baseline is lowest.

The plan recalculates the remaining weeks. Missed work is absorbed into the new targets rather than carried forward as a backlog.

Mock exams and progress

Four formats. A mini mock across mixed domains, domain tests in adult medicine and adult surgery, and a full weighted paper. The sample mini mock is included in the free plan.

No. The adaptive algorithm is the AMC's own. Mocks here are fixed-length papers weighted across the domains and run at the same pace of about 1.4 minutes a question, which is what makes timing and breadth practicable to rehearse.

Yes. Every mock runs at exam pace with a visible timer. Mocks in the platform allow flagging and review before submission, which the real exam does not. The free AMC CAT MCQ mock test follows the exam's forward-only rule.

Score by clinical domain and for the paper as a whole, time per question against exam pace, the five concepts that cost the most marks and a full review with a rationale for every option.

From every answered question, weighted by recency and by the conditions it was answered under. Timed mock questions carry more weight than untimed practice, and the estimate reports a confidence rating that reflects the evidence behind it.

Yes. Every question remains available for review, with the explanation for each option and a link to the relevant knowledge organiser entry.

Billing and account

The diagnostic, a baseline result, a study plan, sixty practice questions, three Daily Study sessions, the sample mini mock and a sample of the knowledge organiser.

From the account page. Access continues until the end of the period already paid for, and no further payments are taken.

The account returns to the free tier. Progress, mistakes and the study plan are kept.

Payments are not refundable, but you can cancel a subscription at any time from your account page. Cancelling stops future payments and your access continues to the end of the period you have paid for. Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law are unaffected. Questions about a payment can be sent to support@amcpreparation.com.

From the account page. Account data is deleted in line with the Privacy policy.

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For anything not covered here, email support@amcpreparation.com.

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