St Lucia
The St Lucia Clinical Unit is one of the main homes for students in Phase 1 of the MD program, and is the primary base for year 1 students. The unit is staffed by a team of academic and professional staff who lead the delivery of courses in Clinical Science, Clinical Practice, and Ethics and Professional Practice.
Case-Based Learning (CBL) tutorials are conducted in 14 dedicated rooms located on level 4 and level 5 of Building 69 at the St Lucia campus. These tutorials are delivered by a large team of dedicated medically-qualified casual tutors with support from the unit’s academic and professional staff. When not used for CBL tutorials, these rooms are readily available to students for group study sessions.
To book a CBL rooms outside of scheduled teaching activities, please refer to the Booking with UQ Book It website. Rooms are available to book as follows outside of scheduled teaching activities:
- Level 4 CBL rooms - 1 booking per day and must not exceed 1 hours in duration per student booking.
- Level 5 CBL rooms - 1 booking per day and must not exceed 3 hours in duration per student booking.
- Room 401 and outside of opening hours bookings can be requested via email and will be approved on a case by case basis.
The St Lucia Clinical Unit space on level 4 of Building 69 also has a dedicated student hub area which includes a study lounge and booths, computers, 24-hour usage lockers, a kitchenette, and a large seminar room that is also available for casual study sessions or event bookings.
The opening hours are as follows:
- St Lucia Clinical Unit Enquires Counter: 8.00am to 4:00pm - Monday to Friday
- Student Hub, CBL Rooms and Seminar Room: 6.00am to 11.00pm - Monday to Friday
The staff in the unit work closely with academics in the School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Chemical and Molecular Biosciences and the School of Public Health, as well as engaging clinicians from the Faculty’s hospitals and elsewhere to contribute to Phase 1. The academic staff also support several scholarly projects to enhance learning and teaching in the MD. For example, projects aimed to support students completing the USMLE, to enhance feedback from examinations by using online assessment, to train and support case-based learning tutors, and to support integration of ethics to case-based learning.
Courses We Teach
Clinical Practice:
| MEDI7121 | Clinical Practice 1 |
Course coordinator: Dr Ashlee Forster - ashlee.forster@uq.edu.au |
| MEDI7122 | Clinical Practice 2 |
Course coordinator: Dr Ashlee Forster - ashlee.forster@uq.edu.au |
| MEDI7221 | Clinical Practice 3 |
Course coordinator: Dr Sharee Stedman - s.stedman@uq.edu.au |
| MEDI7222 | Clinical Practice 4 |
Course coordinator: Dr Venkat Reddy - v.reddy@uq.edu.au |
Other Clinical Practice Coordinators:
Ms Belinda Swyny (Lecturer in Clinical Medicine) - b.swyny@uq.edu.au
Dr Jennifer Fitzgerald (Clinical Communication Skills) - jenny.fitzgerald@uq.edu.au
Ms Maree Keller (Procedural Skill Workshops) - maree.keller@uq.edu.au
Ethics and Professional Practice.
Head, Discipline of Medical Ethics, Law & Professionalism - Dr Sarah Winch - sarah.winch@uq.edu.au
| MEDI7131 | EPP 1 |
Course coordinator: Ms Nicole Shepherd - n.shepherd2@uq.edu.au |
| MEDI7132 | EPP 2 |
Course coordinator: Dr Sarah Winch - sarah.winch@uq.edu.au |
| MEDI7231 | EPP 3 |
Course coordinator: Dr Bryan Mukandi- b.mukandi@uq.edu.au |
| MEDI7232 | EPP 4 |
Course coordinator: Ms Nicole Shepherd - n.shepherd2@uq.edu.au |
Clinical Science:
Clinical Science: Course and Module Coordinators Details - See attached for a list of all Clinical Science modules, duration, coordinators and email addresses for 2019.
| MEDI7111 | Clinical Science 1 |
Course coordinator: Dr Pieter Jansen - p.jansen@uq.edu.au |
| MEDI7112 | Clinical Science 2 |
Course coordinator: Dr Christian Gray - c.gray@uq.edu.au |
| MEDI7211 | Clinical Science 3 |
Course coordinator: Dr Joan Li - j.li1@uq.edu.au |
Other Clinical Science Coordinators:
Dr Ashlee Forster - ashlee.forster@uq.edu.au
Dr Ben Barry - b.barry@uq.edu.au
Dr Iulia Oancea - i.oancea1@uq.edu.au
Dr Megan Steele - -m.steele@uq.edu.au
Dr Saleem Babri - a.babri@uq.edu.au
Dr Sam Chan - samuel.chan@uq.edu.au
Dr Sharon Darlington - sharon.darlington@uq.edu.au
Dr Venkat Reddy - v.reddy@uq.edu.au
Other course contributors: Dr Claire Aland, Prof. Mark Midwinter, Dr Suja Pillai, Dr Peter Simpson, Assoc Prof Glenda Gobe, Dr Mary-Louise Roy-Manchadi, Dr Sherry Wu, Dr Melissa Reichelt, Dr Peter Landy, Dr Justin Ridge, Dr Marloes Dekker, Assoc. Prof. Joe Rothnagel, Dr Jack Wang, Dr Julia Pagan
MEDI7212 Integrated Clinical Studies
Course Coordinator: Dr Iulia Oancea - i.oancea1@uq.edu.au
Course design team: Dr Ben Barry, Ms Nicole Shepherd, Dr Peter Hill, Dr Sue Vlack
MEDI7281: Foundations of Medical Research course
Course Coordinator: Dr Megan Steele - med.yr2projects@uq.edu.au
Other course contributors: Dr Ben Barry, Ms Nicole Shepherd, A/Prof Di Eley
Information for potential supervisors of medical students
OH&S Information for supervisors
Course commencement information for supervisors
MEDI7282: Preparation for US Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1
Course Coordinator: Dr Pavla Simerska - p.simerska@uq.edu.au
Other course contributors: Dr Christian Gray, Dr Sharon Darlington
MEDI7283: Creative Writing for Clinical Excellence
Course Coordinator: Dr Sarah Winch - sarah.winch@uq.edu.au
Contact
Head of St Lucia Clinical Unit
Dr Ben Barry
Phone: +61 7 344 31408
Email: b.barry@uq.edu.au
Address: Level 4, Building 69, St Lucia.
Mrs Amarjeet Kaur
Phone: +61 7 344 32047
Email (students): med.stluciastudents@uq.edu.au
OH&S
Students
All students who attend classes at the St Lucia Clinical Unit are required to complete a local building induction. This induction is held in the first Case Based Learning Tutorial of Semester 1. Please see below a copy of the induction.
St Lucia Clinical Unit Building Induction for Students
Staff
Please see below Building Induction for staff who teach or are located at the St Lucia Clinical Unit. If you require a building induction, please contact us on med.stlucia@uq.edu.au to organise a time.
St Lucia Clinical Unit Building Induction for Staff
MedEx Program
We are really excited to offer you this new service in 2019 as part of the Medical Student Support Strategy.
The service includes:
- Free, supervised exercise sessions Monday - Friday all year round
- Supervision from Accredited Exercise Physiologists plus, involvement from allied health students (exercise sport scientist and clinical exercise physiology) from the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
- Services available on St Lucia Campus: St Lucia Clinical Unit and Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences + Off Campus: UQ Healthy Living, Toowong and PA-Southside Clinical Unit
- Free, individualised exercise physiology consults
- Discussion and provision of resources regarding exercise as medicine
Why are we doing this?
- Contribute to the Medical Student Support initiative
- Benefit of exercise to physical and mental health of medical students
- Inter-professional education opportunities for medical and exercise physiology students
- Potential future impact on patients
Please go to the MedEx Community site for further information.