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Telehealth closes the gap on Indigenous health

Published on: 13 March 2018

An integrated telehealth service could help close the gap for Indigenous Australians with dementia living in rural and remote communities.

My extended rural placement

When I applied to Thursday Island in the Torres Strait for the Extended Placement Program, I anticipated developing my clinical skills, alongside my beach and fishing skills. What I didn’t expect, was to feel so integrated into the medical team and community that I didn’t want to leave.

Meet Liana, a UQ medical student

If you’re considering rural – just do it! The Rural Clinical School is definitely the place to go for brilliant teaching, a healthy social network, amazing opportunities and experiences that you can’t get in the city.

Meet Roxanne, a UQ medical student

Ever since I was a child I have wanted to be involved in medicine. Over the years my passion for science and helping people has increased, signalling to me that medicine was the right pathway to become involved in.

Meet Travis, a UQ medical student

Being in Theodore for my Extended Placement with Dr Bruce Chater is an invaluable opportunity for anyone considering rural medicine as a career. Seeing him get called in to hospital on a weekend, scrub up and insert a chest drain while wearing a pair of sandals was just amazing.

Meet Oakley, a UQ medical graduate

At the risk of sounding cliché, I wanted to study medicine to know more about the amazing thing that is the human body. Equally amazing, but arguably scarier, is the things that can go wrong with simple processes, and that’s what I find interesting.

Meet Tess, a UQ medical student

“Growing up in a small country town I was very aware of the lack of doctors, especially female doctors working in rural areas, so I’ve always wanted to come back closer to home to help fix this problem.”

The human touch leads Sarah to the country

Published on: 20 July 2017

Sarah Ayles joins her fellow medical graduates this week as lifelong dreams and long hours become a reality.

Med students more likely to ‘go rural’ with background, training combination

Published on: 11 July 2017

The combination of a rural background and rural undergraduate training has a multiplier effect on the likelihood of medical graduates practicing outside metropolitan areas, a study has found.

Indigenous-led program to tackle suicide

Published on: 26 June 2017

The implementation of an Indigenous-led suicide intervention program will begin in Queensland’s rural and remote communities in July.

UQ to provide major boost to regional health

Published on: 19 April 2017

Regional communities and future health professionals studying through The University of Queensland are big winners from a multi-pronged $54.4 million Federal Government initiative.

UQ scholarship could help boost rural medicine

Published on: 6 July 2016

A new University of Queensland scholarship is helping 50 aspiring doctors from regional and remote parts of the state to achieve their goal of studying medicine.

UQ appoints new Head of Rural Clinical School

Published on: 30 June 2016

The University of Queensland has appointed Professor Sarah Strasser as Head of Rural Clinical School with the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

New facilities steer ‘home-grown’ UQ medical grads to rural practice

Published on: 22 October 2015

The University of Queensland has opened medical training centres at Bundaberg and Hervey Bay to boost the stream of ‘home-grown’ doctors to rural communities.

Career advancement a strong incentive for medicos to ‘go rural’

Published on: 27 May 2015

The shortage of medical practitioners in regional rural and remote areas of Australia continues despite government initiatives.

Doctors trained rurally stay rural

Published on: 12 January 2015

Medical students with a rural background who train in a rural setting are more likely to practise in regional and remote areas, a University of Queensland study shows.