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UQ’s Associate Professor Matthew McGrail, Head of Regional Training Hub Research with the Rural Clinical School was approached alongside fellow researchers linked to the Federation of Rural Australian Medical Educators to contribute to a Medical Journal of Australia supplement, focussed on the rural and remote health workforce.

Improving healthcare access and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in rural and remote regions of Australia is the focus of a new delivery model being developed by a freshly formed research partnership.

University of Queensland medical students who completed a 12-week training program in a rural or remote area were more likely to work as doctors in similar communities, a study has shown.

Third-year medical student Jess Traves’ desire to become a rural doctor has only increased with each regional and rural placement.

A University of Queensland graduate can partly thank school holiday boredom for setting her on a career path in medicine.

This Friday, twenty-one students based at The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School (UQRCS), Bundaberg and Hervey Bay Regional Clinical Units will swap their scrubs for mortar boards and gowns as they graduate with a Doctor of Medicine (MD).

This Friday, twenty students based at The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School (UQRCS), Rockhampton Regional Clinical Unit will graduate with a Doctor of Medicine (MD).

This Friday, thirty-six students based at The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School (UQRCS), Toowoomba Regional Clinical Unit will swap their scrubs for mortar boards and gowns as they graduate with a Doctor of Medicine (MD).

University of Queensland research has revealed Australians undergoing a knee replacement operation are at a higher risk of needing further surgery if they’re obese.

On the 20th anniversary of UQRCS, it is only fitting to check in with one of its first students.

Local Year 10 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander high school students have gained a glimpse of what it would be like to work as a health professional with a ‘Come and Try’ medicine session at The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School (UQRCS).

More than half of Australians who underwent knee replacement for osteoarthritis were obese, increasing their risk of having the operation at a younger age, especially among women.

The pathway to a career as a doctor begins long before first stepping into a hospital or medical centre, and it can start right here in regional Queensland.