AMC Clinical Guidelines Directory

Every QBank question cites a real, named guideline or handbook so you can verify the answer at the source, not just trust an explanation. This page collects every one of those sources in one place, grouped by discipline, so you can browse or bookmark the guidelines that matter most for your exam.

Cardiology

• Therapeutic Guidelines: Cardiovascular
• Heart Foundation of Australia & CSANZ — Australian Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes (2016)
• NHFA/CSANZ — Australian Clinical Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation (2018)
• NHFA/CSANZ — Guidelines for the Prevention, Detection and Management of Heart Failure in Australia (2018)
• Heart Foundation — Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension in Adults (2016)
• Australian CVD Risk / NVDPA — Lipid & absolute cardiovascular risk management
• CSANZ — Diagnosis and Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• RHDAustralia — Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
• Tran HA et al. An update of consensus guidelines for warfarin reversal. Med J Aust 2013;198(4):198-199
• ACSQHC — Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Clinical Care Standard

Respiratory

• Therapeutic Guidelines: Respiratory
• Australian Asthma Handbook (National Asthma Council Australia)
• COPD-X Concise Guide (Lung Foundation Australia)
• British Thoracic Society — Pleural Disease Guideline
• Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand (TSANZ) — Obstructive sleep apnoea (diagnosis by polysomnography)
• Cancer Council Australia — Lung cancer (Optimal Care Pathway / clinical guidance)
• TSANZ & Lung Foundation Australia — Interstitial lung disease / idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis position statements

Gastroenterology

• Therapeutic Guidelines: Gastrointestinal
• Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) — Clinical guidance
• National Bowel Cancer Screening Program — biennial immunochemical FOBT, ages 50–74

Endocrine & Metabolic

• Therapeutic Guidelines: Endocrinology
• RACGP & Diabetes Australia — Management of type 2 diabetes: a handbook for general practice
• ADIPS — Consensus guidelines for the testing & diagnosis of gestational diabetes (with RANZCOG)
• RACGP & Healthy Bones Australia — Osteoporosis management and fracture prevention in postmenopausal women and men over 50 years of age (2024)
• Australasian Menopause Society (AMS) — Information sheets & guidance on menopause and MHT
• International evidence-based guideline for the assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome (Monash University / CRE in Women’s Health)

Emergency & Trauma

• Surviving Sepsis Campaign — International Guidelines (with ACSQHC Sepsis Clinical Care Standard)
• RACS — Early Management of Severe Trauma (EMST) / ATLS principles
• ANZBA — Emergency Management of Severe Burns (EMSB)
• Canadian CT Head Rule — Stiell IG et al, Lancet 2001;357:1391-1396 (indications for CT after head injury)
• ASCIA — Acute management of anaphylaxis guidelines
• Australian Resuscitation Council / ANZCOR Guidelines
• Chiew AL et al. Updated guidelines for the management of paracetamol poisoning in Australia and New Zealand. Med J Aust 2020;212(4):175-183
• Australian Red Cross Lifeblood / ANZSBT — Guidelines for transfusion & management of transfusion reactions
• Therapeutic Guidelines: Toxicology & Toxinology

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

• RANZCOG — Clinical guidance & statements
• SOMANZ — Guideline for the Management of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
• National Cervical Screening Program — Cancer Council Australia clinical guidelines

Paediatrics

• Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne — Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Australasian Bronchiolitis Guideline (PREDICT)
• Australian Immunisation Handbook

Psychiatry & Mental Health

• RANZCP — Clinical Practice Guidelines for Mood Disorders
• RANZCP — Clinical Practice Guidelines for Schizophrenia & related disorders
• RANZCP / ANZAED — Eating disorder clinical practice guideline (incl. MARSIPAN refeeding)
• NHMRC — Australian guidelines for the treatment of alcohol problems
• Phoenix Australia — Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Acute Stress Disorder, PTSD and Complex PTSD
• Mental Health Act (state/territory) — criteria for involuntary assessment & treatment
• COPE — Mental Health Care in the Perinatal Period: Australian Clinical Practice Guideline
• ACSQHC — Delirium Clinical Care Standard
• Therapeutic Guidelines: Psychotropic

Neurology

• Therapeutic Guidelines: Neurology
• Stroke Foundation — Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management (Australia)

Infectious Diseases

• Communicable Diseases Network Australia — Series of National Guidelines (SoNG)
• ASHM — National Guidelines for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis after exposure to HIV
• ASHM / GESA — Hepatitis B management
• Australian STI Management Guidelines for use in primary care (ASHM)
• Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotic

Renal

• Kidney Health Australia — Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Management in Primary Care
• CARI Guidelines (Caring for Australasians with Renal Impairment)
• KDIGO Clinical Practice Guidelines

Haematology & Oncology

• Pasricha SS et al. Diagnosis and management of iron deficiency anaemia: a clinical update. Med J Aust 2010;193(9):525-532
• eviQ (Cancer Institute NSW) — Cancer treatment & haematology protocols
• Spleen Australia — Clinical guidelines for prevention of infection in asplenia/hyposplenism
• Cancer Australia — The investigation of a new breast symptom (triple test)
• Cancer Council Australia — Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of melanoma

Surgery & Urology

• Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery, 11th ed. (McGraw-Hill)
• USANZ / Cancer Council Australia — Investigation of haematuria & urothelial (bladder) cancer

Ethics, Law & Professional Practice

• Medical Board of Australia — Good Medical Practice: A Code of Conduct
• AHPRA — Guidelines for mandatory notifications
• NHMRC — General guidelines for medical practitioners on providing information to patients (consent; cf. Rogers v Whitaker)
• Australian Institute of Family Studies — Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect
• ACSQHC — Australian Open Disclosure Framework
• Advance Care Planning Australia — Advance care directives (and applicable state legislation)
• Voluntary Assisted Dying — state legislation & Health Department guidance
• OAIC — Privacy Act & Australian Privacy Principles (handling health information)
• Coroners Court — reportable deaths (state/territory Coroners Act)

General Practice, Preventive & Other

• RACGP — Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice (Red Book)
• RACGP — Supporting smoking cessation: a guide for health professionals
• Austroads — Assessing Fitness to Drive (2022)
• RANZCO — Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (clinical guidance; diabetic retinopathy)
• Therapeutic Guidelines (eTG complete)
• Therapeutic Guidelines: Rheumatology

These are study aids pointing to publicly available guidelines - always confirm against the current edition at the publisher's own site, since guidelines are periodically updated.