Australia AMC Standards for Assessment and Accreditation of Primary Medical Programs (2023) 1.1: Purpose: the provider has defined a purpose spanning learning, teaching, research and social and community responsibility; contributes to healthcare needs including the place-based needs of the communities it serves and to health equity; commits to producing doctors competent to practise safely under supervision as interns with the foundations for lifelong learning in any branch of medicine; and commits to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Maori health equity and participation as staff, leaders and students

What does 1.1 require?

A medical school starts from a stated purpose. The provider has written down what it exists to do, covering learning and teaching, research, and its social and community responsibilities, and that purpose drives its decisions. Its teaching and research contribute to meeting healthcare needs, including the particular needs of the places and communities it serves, and to advancing health equity. It commits to graduating doctors who can practise safely and effectively as supervised interns in either country and who are equipped to keep learning and to train further in whatever field they choose. It also commits, explicitly, to furthering the health equity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Maori people and to their presence in the program as students, as staff and in leadership.