Focus on the blueprint and common Australian scenarios. The AMC MCQ domains are weighted by percentage, not fixed item counts: Adult Medicine 30 percent, Adult Surgery 20 percent, Women’s Health 12.5 percent, Child Health 12.5 percent, Mental Health 12.5 percent, Population Health 12.5 percent [1]. That distribution tells you where to invest more study time while still covering all domains.

Here is your structured weekly guide.

Weeks 1 to 2: Foundations and Orientation

Start with clarity, systems, and habit formation. This is where you set your timetable, calibrate pacing, and refresh prevention and ethics.

• Review the AMC format, blueprint, and exam rules, then map your personal calendar to the next 12 weeks [1].

• Outline content domains, plan weekly targets, and add 2 short review slots per week to space learning.

• Familiarise yourself with RACGP preventive activities and screening tables. This supports public health items and GP centred questions that appear across domains [3].

• Practise daily: aim for 50 MCQs per day, mixed topics for exposure, then annotate explanations into your own notes.

• Add a short weekly self check using 20 to 30 mixed questions to measure drift and stamina.

Weeks 3 to 6: Core Clinical Systems, Medicine and Surgery

These weeks target the internal medicine centre of gravity and the surgical essentials you will repeatedly meet in practice and in the exam.

Week 3, Cardiovascular

• Hypertension and heart failure management aligned to Australian practice, common arrhythmias, acute coronary syndromes, and ECG pattern recognition.

• Practise 100 cardiovascular focused MCQs per day.

• Anchor learning with Murtagh style differentials and first line actions, then compress them into decision trees for rapid recall [2].

Week 4, Respiratory

• Asthma and COPD stepwise plans in the Australian context, pneumonia care, and assessment of breathlessness and chest pain in primary care.

• Practise 100 respiratory focused MCQs per day.

• Tie each problem representation to a first safe step, a diagnosis confirmer, and one pitfall to avoid.

Week 5, Gastrointestinal

• GI bleeding, acute abdomen pathways, chronic liver disease complications, and colorectal cancer screening recommendations in general practice [3].

• Practise 100 gastrointestinal MCQs per day.

• Keep a one page table of alarm features that change priority and referral thresholds.

Week 6, Endocrine and Renal

• Diabetes mellitus recognition and management across stable care and emergencies, thyroid disorders in the community, CKD staging and common electrolyte problems.

• Practise 100 endocrine and renal focused MCQs per day.

• Use Murtagh to sharpen GP decision making where multiple problems coexist in one presentation [2].

Weeks 7 to 10: Specialties and Remaining Domains

You will consolidate specialties and the public health core that underpins safe Australian practice.

Week 7, Neurology and Musculoskeletal

• Stroke and TIA priorities, seizure approach, headache red flags, Parkinson’s features, arthritis, and back pain with neurological deficit screening.

• Daily practice of neurology and MSK MCQs with short case write ups that capture red flags and first step actions.

Week 8, Psychiatry and Dermatology

• Depression, anxiety, psychosis, bipolar disorder, delirium recognition, and initial safety planning in primary care.

• Common dermatology in general practice, including melanoma suspicion, inflammatory dermatoses, and drug eruptions.

• Daily psychiatry and dermatology MCQs, then a single page table of look alike rashes and their discriminators.

Week 9, Obstetrics and Gynaecology

• Antenatal schedules, pre eclampsia risk, gestational diabetes screens, postpartum care, contraception choices, and cervical screening in Australia [3].

• Daily obstetric and gynaecology MCQs, with a mini map of who, what, and when for routine care.

Week 10, Paediatrics and Public Health

• Growth and developmental checkpoints, dehydration assessment, common infectious presentations, and the Australian Immunisation Schedule. The schedule is maintained in the living Australian Immunisation Handbook and informed by the National Immunisation Program schedule updates [4], [5].

• Indigenous health considerations, equity, and cultural safety themes that appear in population health questions.

• Daily paediatric and public health MCQs plus a short immunisation drill each study day.
  For broader exam planning, explore our CCE station pack for structured clinical reasoning practice.

Weeks 11 to 12: Comprehensive Review and Exam Strategy

Consolidate knowledge, rehearse stamina, and refine time management so your performance is reproducible on the day.

• Week 11: identify weak spots from your logs, then schedule targeted refreshers. Complete at least one full mock exam with 150 questions in 3.5 hours to test sequencing and endurance [1].

• Week 12: complete 2 to 3 further realistic, timed mock exams to consolidate pacing at about 84 seconds per question, then tighten final recall of screening, immunisation, and emergency algorithms [1], [4], [5].

• Use simple rules for the day: answer all questions because there is no negative marking, mark and return if truly stuck, and trust Australian guideline logic when options seem close [1].