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CQUniversity and The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School (UQRCS) have celebrated a decade of delivering an important collaborative learning experience for nursing and medical students in the Wide Bay, known as SILVER-Q.

Medical graduates who spend an extended time in a rural clinical school are more likely to practice in rural and remote areas than those who have not, according to a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

Adaptive support measures have proven successful in mitigating COVID-19 disruptions to medical students at The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School (UQRCS).

The University of Queensland Regional Training Hubs will celebrate the hard work, perseverance and persistence of 119 medical graduates as they commence their internships in Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, Rockhampton and Toowoomba this week.

The University of Queensland (UQ) Rural Clinical School has welcomed 164 medical students to their Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, Rockhampton and Toowoomba Regional Clinical Units this week.

As they don mortar boards this Saturday, graduating medical students Hannah Witten and Sam Golter are thankful for the sense of belonging that The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School (UQRCS) Hervey Bay staff and the wider community gifted to them throughout their time as students in the region.

Brisbane born and bred Laura Boyle has spent the last two years studying medicine with The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School (UQRCS) Bundaberg and will graduate this week, alongside 10 fellow Bundaberg students with a Doctor of Medicine (MD).

UQ Year 1 medical students Rebecca Rathie and Tristan Puhakka recount their First Year Observership placement in Theodore in December 2021

One hundred future doctors will be training in the Darling Downs and South West regions within three years - set to ramp up to 120 each year by 2026 - in a partnership between universities and health services.

Queensland’s new Governor, Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young PSM, recently visited Rockhampton where she met with senior representatives from the new Regional Medical Pathway, to discuss the rollout of the Australian-first university and hospital partnership that is set to train up to 60 doctors in regional Queensland each year.

Two University of Queensland rural medical researchers have been awarded the 2021
Interprofessional Global Best Research Award for a state-wide study aimed at enhancing clinical
placements.

Dr Gray is a private Anaesthetist in Toowoomba.

Dr Cockburn is a General Practitioner and a Rural Generalist with an advanced skill in Surgery at Kilcoy Medical Centre.

A University of Queensland researcher behind the world's first suicide intervention training program for Indigenous Australians, Associate Professor Maree Toombs, has been recognised with a LiFE Impact Award.

Dr Inderhaug is an ED Consultant and Director of Clinical Training for the Hervey Bay Hospital.