The processes for assessing the suitability of overseas trained doctors for practice as surgeons in Australia are in accordance with the principles outlined in the:
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AMC application procedures and requirements for specialist assessment;
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AMC/Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC)/state and territory medical boards/Australian Government Department of Health/state and territory health departments’ Assessment Process for Area of Need specialists: User’s Guide; and
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AMC/CPMC Joint Standing Committee on Overseas Trained Specialists Assessment of Overseas Trained Specialists: Template for Colleges.
Overseas Trained Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons are referred to as OTOMS. An OTOMS is any specialist Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon who has gained their specialist qualification external to Australia and/or New Zealand.
The pathway for independent specialist surgical practice in the specialty of OMS culminates in obtaining Fellowship of the College by completing the OMS Training Program and the FRACDS (OMS) Final Examination. Under these circumstances the Australian and New Zealand jurisdictions and public can be assured both of the quality of training and the standards of the exit examination as all aspects are under the aegis of the College.
There are three possible outcomes to the specialist assessment process:
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Not Comparable.
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