Accreditation Process
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Introduction
The PMCT accreditation process is designed to obtain information about health service performance of the intern training program against explicit standards and criteria, to achieve the following objectives:
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Ensure Interns achieve a high standard of general education and training; and
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The best possible environment exists for the organisation, supervision, education and training of interns.
Accreditation is awarded to a health service for:
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The overall health service intern training program; and
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Individual intern terms
Objectives
The objective of the accreditation process is to ensure that the training health service complies with the following seven standards:
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Health service culture and support for interns
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Orientation
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Education and training program
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Supervision
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Feedback and assessment
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Program evaluation
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Facilities and amenities
Documentation
The standards have been developed with reference to the following documents:
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Prevocational Medical Accreditation Framework for the Education and Training of Prevocational Doctors (CPMEC, 2009); National Intern Training Accreditation Framework (AMC 2014); and Registration Standard: Granting registration as a medical practitioner to Australian and New Zealand graduates on completion of intern training (MBA, 2012).
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The AMC and the Medical Board of Australia have approved on 14 December 2016 revisions to the intern standards and domains and this can be found at amc.org.au.
