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The University is helping to increase medical support in rural communities through its new $4.2 million advanced clinical training facility.
UQ’s Rural Clinical School, the biggest in Australia, has added a Teaching and Learning Centre to its portfolio, with space to accommodate up to 80 students.
The Centre, adjacent to the Toowoomba Base Hospital, will provide third and fourth-year medical students with access to state-of-the-art teaching spaces, a dedicated Clinical Skills Laboratory, advanced audiovisual equipment, 24-hour computer lab and a Lectopia recording system.
UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield said the University was confident the new infrastructure, combined with expansion in the Rural Clinical School’s other areas including Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Hervey Bay-Maryborough, would give students an added incentive to try a rural clinical experience.
“We’ve invested a total of more than $13 million in the Rural Clinical School’s teaching and learning infrastructure, libraries and student accommodation over the past six years,” he said.
It has the potential to make an impact on the medical workforce shortage in rural areas.
