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The University of Queensland (UQ) Medical School is celebrating 34 graduating Doctor of Medicine (MD) students from the Toowoomba Regional Clinical Unit, who will embark on their journey as junior doctors.

The University of Queensland (UQ) Medical School is celebrating 21 Doctor of Medicine (MD) students from the Rockhampton Regional Clinical Unit, who will embark on their journey as junior doctors.

The University of Queensland (UQ) Medical School is celebrating 10 graduating Doctor of Medicine (MD) students from the Hervey Bay Regional Clinical Unit, who will embark on their journey as junior doctors.

The University of Queensland (UQ) Medical School is celebrating 8 graduating Doctor of Medicine (MD) students from the Bundaberg Regional Clinical Unit, who will embark on their journey as junior doctors.

The future of medical education and strong regional medical workforces were the cornerstone topics of a two-day Regional Medical Pathway (RMP) Showcase presented in Gladstone over the weekend.

Over 120 Year 1 medical students from The University of Queensland (UQ) recently returned from a four day “immersion” tour, where they experienced the charms and challenges of rural and remote living.

Last Friday, over 80 regional and rural community groups, health care providers, researchers and industry representatives met with select University of Queensland (UQ) researchers at the Rural, Regional and Remote (RRR) Health Research Showcase in Toowoomba.

Today, The University of Queensland (UQ) proudly celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Hervey Bay Regional Clinical Unit (RCU) building and honours everyone who has walked through its doors.

An Australian-first university and hospital partnership that has set the benchmark for regional medical training has been renewed for another five years.

The Regional Medical Pathway – a medical education and training pathway pioneered by CQUniversity, The University of Queensland, and the Central Queensland and Wide Bay Hospital and Health Services – will now see the popular program continue into the future thanks to the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding between four the partners.

Our Rural and Remote Medicine (RRM) team are bringing the “country to the city” this Intro week. 


Over fifteen RRM academics and rural and remote preceptors including doctors, nurses and indigenous health educators from locations such as Theodore, St George, Emerald, Laidley, Roma and Bundaberg are ready to deliver clinical skill and cultural sessions to 47 metropolitan students at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, and the Mayne Building at Herston, over the next three days. 

The University of Queensland (UQ) Medical School Rural Clinical School is proud to offer free Health Screenings for attending Beef Australia 2024 attendees in Rockhampton. Please note this is only for attending individuals of Beef Week Rockhampton 2024 as the screenings are in-person.

This year’s International Women’s Day theme is Count Her In, so we took the opportunity to speak with six of our faculty members to learn what drives and inspires them in their work.

Toowoomba and the Darling Downs are set to welcome three visiting medical students from Japan through a brand-new exchange program at The University of Queensland.

The University of Queensland warmly welcomed the future doctors for the Darling Downs – South West regions, celebrating the commencement of the inaugural Graduate Entry cohort of the Darling Downs – South West Medical Pathway.

There are several groups of people that get to know the students in the Doctor of Medicine program: academics, clinicians and hospital staff at placements, but for Dr Geoff Mallet a group that has nothing to do with medicine saw him quite often during his degree.