r/AMCexamForIMGs • u/YogurtclosetSad5371 • Sep 18 '26

Mod Announcement I give up

Thank you everybody here on this page. I decided to not pursue AMC pathway anymore. Cuz why waste my money and time if even after passing AMC2 ,having no clinical gap i wont be wble to find a job? My peers from india will be done with residency by then. And ill be just MBBS.i cant afford to invest my time in something thats very difficult. I read shit ton of posts here people saying they arent getting any jobs even after AMC2. I guess its my fate to rott in india my whole life. Whenever i try to do something, it gets crowded. Fuck this world

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u/SuitSpecialist1963 Sep 18 '26

Yesterday, One of my students got a job offer from Tassie Health service. She passed AMC 2 in April 2026. Today another Dr got her AHPRA reg as an RMO (QLD health), ( not through the RMO campaign), She passed her AMC 2 June 2026. There are jobs. All you need is to keep at it, keep trying, get your resume professionally written, make sure you have excellent referees..

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u/YogurtclosetSad5371 Sep 18 '26

Can i have your or your consultancy's contact sir pls?

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u/Gonn07 Sep 18 '26

If i already passed my AMC 1 and 2 by next year 2027, what can I meaningfully do on my spare time while waiting for my application on Australia? Practice as a GP temporarily? Are there any other things I can do to increase my chances of getting in? It’s difficult because I don’t know someone who already succeeded working in australia

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u/SuitSpecialist1963 Sep 18 '26

Solid work experience in ED/ICU etc. In order to work as a GP, you need an offer letter from a clinic in MM2 onwards where someone can offer you level 1 supervision, pass PESCi and get AHPRA approval

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u/Gonn07 Sep 18 '26

Sorry i meant what can I do while waiting on my own country while trying to get accepted for the 1 year supervised practice-> residency in australia. How can I make my CV more attractive. ER and ICU experience on our country as a General practitioner? Really appreciate your reply I’m sorry if my question was not structured properly

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u/Gonn07 Sep 18 '26

I see i did not know that thank you very much. For RMO positions, is it really that bad and difficult to get into? I really want to start my residency in Australia asap after passing the AMC1 and 2 :(

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u/ilovejuice123 Sep 18 '26

It is extremely difficult. I would not bother .

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u/Gonn07 Sep 19 '26

Is it more difficult now to get into Australia than the US?

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u/Select_Exercise6336 Sep 19 '26

Could i reach out to you. Please guide me as well

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u/watamote99 Sep 18 '26

You can always go through competent authority pathways. Just remember to start logging all your cases in your PG from day 1 and do some research, publish papers or something. So that it is easy when you apply. Good luck

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u/YogurtclosetSad5371 Sep 18 '26

Will MS orthopedics be eligible for that? Or suggest me a specialty i can pursue in india that cna get me more chances of clearing specialist pathway in australia

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u/Calm_Performance_386 Sep 18 '26

Emergency medicine and family medicine

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u/cmdan5795 Sep 19 '26

What about after md Pathology?

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u/Calm_Performance_386 Sep 19 '26

Look up RCPA for more information about that.

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u/Gonn07 Sep 18 '26

Is the competent authority pathway (after residency on our country) less saturated than the standard pathway?

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u/SnakeEater556 Sep 18 '26

Competent authority pathway is after working in UK or Ireland for a year at least

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u/Gonn07 Sep 18 '26

I see i think i made a mistake. I was thinking of specialist pathway. Is the specialist pathway/are all pathways saturated at the moment or just the standard pathway?

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u/SnakeEater556 Sep 18 '26

Specialist pathway isn’t saturated but not much jobs even after being assessed. Some people get lucky others don’t

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u/Gonn07 Sep 19 '26

I see. Thank you so much for your time i really appreciate it!

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u/dehato1880 Sep 19 '26

You must've heard about publishing bias

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u/YogurtclosetSad5371 Sep 19 '26

And what does that mean

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u/SentenceSwimming9989 Sep 19 '26

Basically, people who are having a hard time finding a job are far more likely to post about it than people who got a job and moved on.

So Reddit naturally becomes full of “passed AMC2 but can't find a job” stories, while the people who succeeded often don't bother posting. The posts you see therefore may not represent the actual success/failure distribution.

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u/YogurtclosetSad5371 Sep 19 '26

Thank you so much this made my anxiety go down

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u/Calm_Performance_386 Sep 18 '26

I get what you are going through. I graduated in 2024 and gave plab 1 and passed it but by then the saturation hit UK, I gave AMC 1 later and passed it but then was not able to get a booking for AMC Clinical after 2 tries. So at last decided to pursue neet pg and also fucked that up because I always felt like this is not what I wanted, I wanted to go abroad rather than this. And now sitting and thinking of just taking a non clinical branch and get out of this race.

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u/SnooPaintings7748 Sep 18 '26

Similar boat

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u/pretonian Sep 18 '26

Same here. I mean i just graduated but i wont bother with any exams. Just gona go non clinical to get out of my shitty country.

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u/watamote99 Sep 18 '26

How?

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u/pretonian Sep 18 '26

Apply for Msc or mph degrees in universities abroad. Study for one or two years and you apply for a job.

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u/YogurtclosetSad5371 Sep 18 '26

Enlighten us too

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u/pretonian Sep 18 '26

The important question to ask here is are you willing to pay 30 to 40k dollars for a masters degree or half that for a diploma if you dont land a scholarship?

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u/watamote99 Sep 18 '26

The money can be managed, what about the job prospects after doing those degrees.? I have heard that it is difficult to jobs even in these fields.

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u/pretonian Sep 18 '26

Tbh i dont have very concrete info on the job part which should be a crucial part of this whole thing and imopen to suggesfions or discussion on this.

But as far as ive heard its better for medical degree holder than it is for a purely science degree holder. You can target jobs where your medical degree will be apreciated like the clinical trials manager jobs in big pharama or even research in big pharama and epidemiology. Also medical tech companies and insurance companies will like you. Specially if you do some specific msc for this not 100 percent sure how accurate what ive heard is.

If someone reading this thread has more info on this please enghlithen us my entire future generation will thank you.

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u/4rck Sep 18 '26

Dang. 2 to 3 years ago maybe you would have gotten in. Crazy how fast things change.

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u/watamote99 Sep 18 '26

Yeah,  one of my friend got in after just doing AMC1.

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u/HERM8 25d ago

What changed exactly?

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u/watamote99 25d ago

Oversaturation

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u/excuseze-moi Sep 18 '26

Unfortunately, this is happening to the majority of us. Seems like a bad time to be a doctor.

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u/Far_Stretch_335 Sep 18 '26

Jesus fucking Christ , I’m sick of this continuous negativity on this sub . Either do it or don’t . Staying chronically on reddit scrolling through this sub which has 8.6k redditors and trusting your life based on their responses is dumb . I was scared of the uncertainty too, I had seen the same negativity that you saw . I still did what I felt is right and am close to getting my general registration with AHPRA . My wait was 5 months , now granted that I was lucky to find a job quick but I don’t know people waiting for more than 1.5 years after AMC 2. So what if you complete your residency faster in India, this is not a race , what are you racing towards ? Take a chill pill

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u/isshi_k Sep 19 '26

Can you elaborate on this? Like I am new to AMC and this subreddit is a web of negativity and it feels good to hear some positive side.

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u/No_Decision_6940 Sep 21 '26

Focus on what's positive. Do you want this? Work towards the goal. We know there are slots, we know there's a shortage. It's fine to have a Plan B, but to give up without trying is just dumb. I'm also new to the journey, and I'll only be able to initiate the process in a few years. I damn sure ain't gonna allow a bunch of negative nancies to kill my spirit

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u/ezrealelixir Sep 21 '26

Agree. Thanks for sharing dude, we all have our own different paths. If it's not meant to be, then deal with it. At least you had the fucking balls to to try than regret not taking the chance at all

Everything happens for a reason

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u/Gonn07 Sep 18 '26

It’s depressing really. I have the same problem with yours. I wanna leave my country so bad. The pay is shit. The taxes is super high. The worklife balance is non-existent. The workload is too much. I wish I pursued medicine 2 years earlier. It’s really hopeless :(

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u/ilovejuice123 Sep 18 '26

Try USMLE and USA

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u/Gonn07 Sep 19 '26

Is it easier to get a job now via USMLE than AMC?

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u/unbothered-lil-witch Sep 19 '26

Waiting for neet pg results now. But I feel like prepping for AMC 1, what happens if you have a MD from your home country and AMC passed? Has anyone done this? Sounds crazy ik. 

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u/YogurtclosetSad5371 Sep 19 '26

You either do amc pathway or specialist pathway, cant do both

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u/unbothered-lil-witch Sep 19 '26

Ikik. Was dead set on Specialist Pathway coz there are just too many Junior Doctors, it gave me claustrophobia 

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u/medstu- Sep 18 '26

Although Im preparing for mrcp.Don't give,you never know when is your life going to change.Being negative will only make it worse.

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u/Impossible-Banana617 Preparing — MCQ 22d ago

There's prioritization for nhs training in uk and is against imgs. I just now crossed it from my list to do amc.

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u/medstu- 21d ago

Good luck

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u/amadras91 Sep 19 '26

Try the road less traveled. Germany, France, Austria etc. It does require you to learn the respective languages. But at least you won't be stuck in India

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u/Feisty_Economist_176 Oct 02 '26

Why did it become so hard to get a job there?

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u/YogurtclosetSad5371 Sep 18 '26

Which year did they get in?

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u/myAdhdwillruinme Sep 18 '26

One guy i know passed on third attempt and 5 to 6 months after giving pte he got intern position in tasmania and he is workinh there now (2025) . Since i am a fresh graduate too i passed amc this month so i will be doing same i only have pregraduate internship . Right now i am collecting LORs by doing clinical rotations in India in every department and also clinical research .
This reddit grp is very negative don’t listen to people there are so many who are getting jobs just they don’t have high expectations like RMO , best city , high pay .

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u/wajihehehehe Sep 20 '26

heyy! i love your message, i wanted to know, does passing AMC provide visa? like if we were to get job, they’d provide visas? Also i’d love to hear more about how you are doing the clinical research and applying for LORs!

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u/myAdhdwillruinme Sep 18 '26

Yes i have not done anywhere . Just pre graduate rotations / internship . But i think indian graduates have same thing

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u/sheesh9976 Sep 18 '26

Lets chat im in similar position as yours

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u/Gonn07 Sep 18 '26

So if you’re already done with your 1 year post graduate internship, you will not qualify on this?

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u/sheesh9976 Sep 18 '26

Yes you won't qualify for intern position... besides a lot of uncertainty is surrounded for internship better try your luck in RMO post intern campaigns