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

Even on her day off, Dr Elizabeth Clarkson has been known to sit at the lunchroom table at Theodore Medical Centre giving direction to medical students about how to best suture raw meat, fresh from the local butcher.

Dr Homar is a practising Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Toowoomba Obstetrics & Gynaecology, delivering through St Vincent's Private Hospital Toowoomba.

Associate Professor Dr Riitta Partanen has been officially appointed as Head of The University of Queensland’s Rural Clinical School (UQRCS) after a competitive recruitment process.

Last week, Dr Rudi Prasad handed out warm smiles to students arriving in the region for their Rural and Remote placements; as the feeling of being a newbie is still fresh in his mind after commencing in the Director position with The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School (UQRCS) Hervey Bay earlier this year.

Head of Mayne Academy of Rural and Remote Medicine Associate Professor Bruce Chater and his wife Anne Chater have celebrated their 40-year contribution to rural medicine and the Theodore community.

Psychiatrist, Dr Luthra is proud to now call Rockhampton home. Psychiatrist, Dr Callaghan says she values the close-knit community.

Dr Ruhl is a Rural Generalist in Toowoomba working for Darling Downs Health and shares his experience practising regionally.

The decision to stop prescribing long-term anti-depressants should be made only after careful preparation by GPs and their patients, University of Queensland research has found.

It’s a celebration of junior doctors, medical training and research at The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School (UQRCS) Toowoomba. Last week, The UQRCS Research team and The University of Queensland Regional Training Hub (UQRTH) Southern Queensland proudly hosted more than 70 local medical students, junior doctors, and consultants at their welcome reception.

This month, The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School (UQRCS) Toowoomba Director, Dr George Tucker will hand his stethoscope reins to Dr Andrew “Doogie” Whitcombe after serving in the role for more than 11 years.

Two rural medical researchers from The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School (UQRCS) have taken out the 2020 Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Foundation Best General Practice Research Article in the Australia Journal of General Practice (AJGP) Award.

Five years ago, David Lui had finished his Graduate Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) and was accepted to study medicine with The University of Queensland.

This week, he is one of the 35, Year 4 students based at UQ Rural Clinical School (UQRCS) Toowoomba, graduating with a Doctor of Medicine (MD).

When Jemma Sellwood was four years old, a meeting with her brother’s paediatrician led her to tell her parents that she too would become a paediatrician when she grew up.

This week, twenty years since that declaration, Jemma is one of twelve Year 4 students based at The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School (UQRCS) Bundaberg, graduating with a Doctor of Medicine (MD).

E-Hong is one of 17, Year 4 students based at The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School (UQRCS) Rockhampton, graduating with a Doctor of Medicine this week.

Hannah Bates is getting her first real taste of medicine in a clinical setting as she undertakes her First Year Observership opportunity in Rockhampton, as part of The University of Queensland (UQ) Doctor of Medicine Program.

Eloise Wiffen is getting her first real taste of medicine in a clinical setting as she undertakes her First Year Observership opportunity in Hervey Bay, as part of The University of Queensland (UQ) Doctor of Medicine Program.

Amy is studying UQ’s four year Doctor of Medicine (MD) program and currently getting her first real exposure to the practice of medicine in a variety of settings through UQ’s First Year Observership.