Placements

The Faculty of Medicine has established the Phase 2 Allocation Process to manage and support the clinical training of students in Phase 2 of their program.  This process includes provision for Special Consideration and Placement Swaps, and is designed to facilitate the equitable distribution of students in Clinical Placements throughout the Academic Year and across all available Clinical Units.

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If you are allocated to a Clinical Unit of the UQ Rural Clinical School (UQRCS) you will be challenged to go further and do more. You will gain a greater depth and breadth of experience and benefit from hands-on, face-to-face, up-close-and-personal experience. You will get to live and work in a vibrant rural community and experience the many attractions the place and its people have to offer. Find more information here.

The UQRCS was established in 2002 and is funded by the Australian Government’s Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training (RHMT) Program (Department of Health, 2020). The RHMT program requires that, each year, at least 25% of the CSP funded graduating medical student cohort have spent at least one full academic year at a RCS Clinical Unit.

Expression of Interest (EOI) for Allocation to a UQRCS Clinical Unit

Domestic Students: The UQRCS will seek EOI’s from domestic students in Year 2 and Year 3, for allocation to one or more UQRCS Clinical Units in the following year. There will also be limited availability for a two year allocation to a UQRCS site (i.e. ‘2 Yr UQRCS’).

International Student Placements at Rockhampton: In 2021, there will be limited availability for International onshore students to be allocated to the Rockhampton Clinical Unit in Year 3 and/or Year 4. International onshore students wishing to apply for this opportunity will be required to submit a written application and participate in an interview. Further information about this opportunity is available for Year 3 and Year 4 students.

Criteria and Process for Submitting EOI

Students wishing to express interest to be allocated to a UQRCS Clinical Unit will be required to submit a written application. If a student has listed an oversubscribed Clinical Unit as their first preference, they will be selected based on the below criteria. These criteria were developed in accordance with evidence-based indicators of a students’ likelihood to practice rurally, as reported by the UQ Regional Training Hub Research Team.

If a student is not allocated to their first preference (i.e. at an oversubscribed UQRCS Clinical Unit), they will be allocated to their next available preference at an undersubscribed UQRCS Clinical Unit. If that student has not expressed interest in any other UQRCS Clinical Units, they will not be allocated to a UQRCS Clinical Unit (as part of the EOI allocation) and will be required to preference with the rest of the cohort in the main allocation round.

NOTE: If a student is granted Special Consideration for allocation to an oversubscribed UQRCS Clinical Unit, they will be allocated to that UQRCS Clinical Unit and the number of spots available to EOI students will be reduced accordingly.

Following finalisation of the EOI process, any remaining capacity at UQRCS Clinical Units will be allocated in the main allocation round.

* NOTE: Based on RHMT funding requirements, a number of placements will be reserved for fourth year students at each UQRCS site, to accommodate new students. Reserved placements will be distributed across UQRCS sites in proportion to site capacity. As a result, the number of placements available to accommodate domestic students who wish to remain at an UQRCS site for Year 4 (i.e. ‘Return Year 4’) may be limited.

Applications for 2021 will open midday 22 June 2020 and close midday 3 July 2020. Students will be advised of the outcome of their application prior to the main preferencing process.

NOTE: Students who are approved for allocation to a particular UQRCS Clinical Unit will still be required to preference their Semester/Block order.

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In Year 3, students will undertake five clinical placements across two semesters.

Students will be allocated to a Clinical Unit for the duration of the Academic Year, and will undertake most of their Clinical Placements in the teaching sites associated with that Clinical Unit.

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In Year 4, students will undertake a range of clinical placements across two semesters.

Students will be allocated to a Clinical Unit for the duration of the Academic Year, and will undertake most of their Clinical Placements in the teaching sites associated with that Clinical Unit.

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Students are eligible to complete up to three (3) clinical placements during Phase 2 at a non-UQ location.  In addition to these, students are able to complete the Personalised Learning Course (elective) at a non-UQ location.

Every institution has specific criterion that students must meet before undertaking a medical placement. Students must ensure that they can comply with all requirements before applying, as significant costs could occur. The Faculty of Medicine can assist in certain aspects of host institution requirements, but the responsibility remains with the student. 

Approved Disciplines for non-UQ Locations 

• Year 3 - Rural and Remote Medicine, Medicine in Society
• Year 4 - Medical Specialties, PLC Elective 

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The purpose of the Optional Electives Program is to provide medical students with an avenue to gain additional clinical or research experience. 

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UQ assists visiting students with medical elective placements. UQ Medicine defines visiting students as those who are seeking to complete a medical elective placements through UQ while they are enrolled at another institution within Queensland, interstate, or external to Australia. 

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The Faculty of Medicine – Placements Team

Location:         Level 5, Oral Health Centre, Herston

Phone:             +61 7 3346 4922

Email:             med.placements@uq.edu.au