AMC Part 1 question bank for IMGs

Practice Medicine.The Australian way.

IMGs know the medicine. The AMC still catches them out. Vena trains you to choose the Australian clinical move—and understand why plausible answers fail.

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Choose an answer to see how Vena reasons.

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A 24-year-old man presents with 18 hours of abdominal pain. The pain began around the umbilicus and has now moved to the right lower quadrant. He feels nauseated and has not eaten since yesterday. Temperature is 37.8°C. Examination shows localised tenderness and guarding at McBurney’s point.

What is the most appropriate next step?

See the reasoning pattern behind the mistake.

A wrong answer is only the surface. Vena identifies the thinking pattern beneath it, the clinical trigger you missed and the move Australian practice expects.

Trap System

Name the reasoning error, not just the wrong answer.

Every distractor maps to a named trap. Instead of stopping at incorrect, Vena shows the repeatable decision pattern that made the plausible answer feel right.

Then it identifies the clinical trigger that should have changed your move.

Australia Lens

Separate medical knowledge from the Australian clinical move.

See where local pathways, escalation and prescribing context change what the best answer looks like in Australian practice.

Per-option explanations

Understand why each plausible distractor fails and when it might have been appropriate.

Every question is reviewed by a doctor, end to end.

Verification covers the clinical decision as well as the explanation behind it.

  1. Clinical stem
  2. Every option
  3. Rationale
  4. Australian context

Learn without pressure. Test your technique.

Study Mode builds clinical reasoning. Exam Mode shows whether it holds under pressure.

STUDY MODE

Learn without pressure.

Work without time pressure. Review the rationale, annotate the case and build knowledge before adding exam conditions.

  • E-notes that stay with the question
  • Guided review after every answer
  • Built-in highlighter
  • No timer
EXAM SIMULATION

Test your technique.

Remove the learning aids. Practise mixed topics against a real timer and see whether your pace holds across the session.

  • Exam-paced timing
  • Live pacing indicator
  • No highlighter or explanations
  • Mixed topics
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Built from inside the Australian system.

Founded in Melbourne by Dr Taha, Vena brings together three Australian clinicians and one former AMC examiner with more than 50 years of Australian practice and a decade of AMC exam knowledge.

  • Three Australian clinicians
  • One former AMC examiner
  • 50+ years of Australian practice

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Make the next clinical move with confidence.

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