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Can an Australian Medical Graduate (AMG) pass the AMC Clinical? 

It is a question born of frustration.
You see the 24% pass rate and assume the system is broken. 
You see colleagues who are brilliant clinicians fail five times. 
You assume an Aussie intern would crumble under the same pressure. 
The truth is more uncomfortable than a rigged system. 
The truth is about context. 
Is the game fixed, or are you just playing the wrong sport?

The AMC Clinical Exam is an 8-minute audit of “Australian intern standard” under pressure.
Examiners don’t have time to guess what you meant.
They score what you show.
Safety signals.
Structure.
Clear language.
Appropriate decision-making.
And the clock punishes hesitation.

The hard truth from the numbers:
A single AMC OSCE-style attempt has historically low pass rates for IMGs (around 30%, with 24% reported in 2024), while workplace-based assessment programs report pass rates close to 99%. 

Same IMGs. Different assessment. Different result.

That gap isn’t “knowledge”.
It’s performance in the format.

This exam selects locals.

That’s the point.

1. Let’s go deeper into each one:

   1. The Hard Data (Statistical Reality)
   2. The Grey Area (Plausible Barriers)
   3. Practice: Beating the Odds
   4. Feedback: The Australian Filter
   5. Mentorship: The Shortcut