The University of Queensland’s (UQ’s) new Northside Clinical School, part of Australia’s largest medical school, is helping to recruit senior medical staff within the Brisbane North Health Service District.
The Northside Clinical School (NCS), based at The Prince Charles Hospital (Chermside, Brisbane), is a partnership between UQ and Queensland Health and will provide a valuable training ground for future doctors in Queensland.
It incorporates a range of education settings at existing Queensland Health facilities such as The Prince Charles Hospital, Redcliffe, Caboolture and Kilcoy hospitals and community health centres, as well as general practices.
It is one of eight clinical schools within the School of Medicine and will accommodate up to 90 third and fourth year medical students.
UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield said the Northside Clinical School would help maintain the School of Medicine’s nation-leading graduate entry numbers and first-class medical training and research.
“UQ’s clinical schools at the Sunshine Coast, Southside (Princess Alexandra), Greenslopes, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH), Ipswich, Mater Hospital and the newly-opened Rural Clinical School in Toowoomba have significantly increased the retention of doctors in remote, metropolitan and rural areas,” Professor Greenfield said.
“The new Northside Clinical School’s link to major hospitals and Queensland Health will ensure UQ’s medical graduates are expertly trained to serve the changing needs of the State’s rapidly-growing communities.
“It will also enable doctors already working in the system to update and extend their professional skills.”
Head of the School of Medicine Professor David Wilkinson said a range of exciting developments existed within the NCS including the opportunity for students to play lead roles in the emerging multi-disciplinary service at North Lakes and in the development of GP Super Clinics in the district.
“The Northside Clinical School is a new and important entity, which works in full partnership with the Brisbane North Health Service District and has the support of the local health care community,” he said.
UQ and Queensland Health will co-fund the school’s Head, Associate Professor Ian Yang, a consultant thoracic physician, clinical teacher and researcher.
Associate Professor Robin Bradbear has been appointed Academic Head of the NCS’s Caboolture operations, while Associate Professor Peter Stride will be Academic Head of the school’s Redcliffe operations.
Some of the school’s core clinical rotations include medicine, surgery, general practice, rural health, mental health, obstetrics, gynaecology and paediatrics.
UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield will officially open the Northside Clinical School at the Dr Mark O’Brien Auditorium, Education Centre, The Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Road, Chermside, at 2pm on September 10.
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