Specialist medical colleges

Accreditation

Accreditation of specialist medical colleges and their programs of study

The Australian Medical Council (the AMC) is responsible for accrediting education providers and their programs of study for the medical profession.

The AMC assesses specialist medical colleges against the approved accreditation standards.

Accreditation standards take effect on the day that they are published on the Medical Board of Australia’s website or on a later day stated in the standard.

Approved accreditation standards

Document name	PDF	Accessible format	Publish date	Date of effect
Standards for Assessment and Accreditation of Specialist Medical Programs by the Australian Medical Council 2023 Date of Board approval: 23 March 2023	PDF (634KB)	Word version (933 KB, DOCX)	12 July 2023	12 July 2023

The Standards for Assessment and Accreditation of Specialist Medical Programs by the Australian Medical Council 2023 replace the standards that came into effect from 1 January 2016. The standards have been updated to remove the standards related to professional development programs. There are separate standards for the accreditation of continuing professional development programs and CPD homes.

Approved programs of study for specialist registration

The AMC provides accreditation reports to the Board on the programs of study it has accredited. The Board then may approve, or refuse to approve, the accredited program of study as providing a qualification for the purposes of specialist registration. An approval may be granted subject to conditions.

The Board has approved the following programs of study as providing a qualification for the purposes of specialist registration.

Medical Board of Australia - Approved programs of study for specialist registration

An online search is also available for all approved programs of study.

Retired versions

Document name	PDF	Date of effect
Retired version: Standards for Assessment and Accreditation of Specialist Medical Programs and Professional Development Programs by the Australian Medical Council 2015 Date of Board approval: 23 September 2015 Publish date: 4 November 2015 Date of effect: From 1 January 2016 to 11 July 2023	PDF (1.06MB)	To 11 July 2023
Retired version: Accreditation of Specialist Medical Education and Training Programs and Continuing Professional Development Programs: Standards and Procedures Date of Board approval: 15 December 2010 Publish date: 23 December 2010 Date of effect: From 23 December 2010 to 31 December 2015	PDF (146KB)	To 31 December 2015