MD Timetable: Year 2 2026

Once enrolled in MEDI7200 – Developing Skills in Medicine, you will need to choose a timetable pathway within your Learning Community.

Your chosen pathway will set your timetable for:

• Introductory week
• The first 16 weeks

This timetable applies for the entire academic calendar.

Important dates

• Timetable preferencing opens: Midday, Monday 8 December 2025
• Timetable preferencing closes: Midday, Thursday 11 December, 2025
• Timetable Pathway released: 4pm, Friday 12 December, 2025
• Group allocation swap opens: 4pm, Friday 12 December, 2025 
• Group allocation swap closes: Midday, Monday 15 December 2025 
• Student timetable released: Tuesday 16 December 2025

Greater Brisbane students

• Mondays: All students attend St Lucia campus and online classes; some clinical immersion activities may be scheduled.
• Additional classes may be scheduled at St Lucia on Tuesdays–Fridays.
• Learning Communities deliver: 
  • CSBL classes (TUT1)
  • History & Examination (H&E) classes
  • Procedural Skills Workshops
  • Advanced Clinical and Examination MasterClasses.
• Students may need to travel between St Lucia and their home Learning Community/other Learning Communities during the week.

All students will complete a 3-week Pathology practical at IPLC (Royal Brisbane).

Immersion requirements

• General Practice Immersion, Outpatient Department (OPD) and Collaborative Care are split across the year.
• Groups rotate: 
  • 8-week GP Immersion block in either Weeks 9 -16; Weeks 18 – 26; Weeks 27 - 35 ; and 
  • 4-weeks Outpatient Department, which is scheduled dependent on clinical capacity (eg. 1 x 4 week block; 2 x 2 week block; 4 x 1 week blocks, consecutive or non-consecutive); and
  • 4 weeks Collaborative Care, which is scheduled dependent on clinical capacity (eg. 1 x 4 week block; 2 x 2 week block; 4 x 1 week blocks, consecutive or non-consecutive)

Additional scheduling - may not be included in the timetable document

Not all classes appear in the timetable below and may not be visible until program commencement.

From mid-January 2026, extra sessions will be added where space allows:

• Advanced Clinical and Examination MasterClasses
• Bedside Clinical Coaching
• General Practice Immersion for Weeks 16 and beyond
• Outpatient Department Immersion
• Collaborative Care Immersion Procedural Skills Workshops for North LC students.

The below table list all the Greater Brisbane Clinical School Learning Community groups.

*Two groups from Mater clinical unit will swap with two groups from Ipswich Hospital after the first half of the year is completed. Groups 34 and 35 will commence at Mater but move to Ipswich from week 18. Groups 38& 39 will commence at Ipswich but move to Mater from week 18.

Regional Medical Pathway

Students will attend their regional clinical unit for most classes, with some practical sessions delivered at partner universities:

• Bundaberg & Rockhampton: Central Queensland University
• Toowoomba: University of Southern Queensland

Weekly structure

• Tuesday: Placement day for all students
• Monday: Many classes delivered online, 
• Wednesday–Friday: Mostly face-to-face classes at your clinical site or partner university.

Placements

• GP Placement, Outpatient Care, and Collaborative Care are split across the year.
• Groups rotate: 
  • 15 week GP placement (full-day session per week)
  • Over four-week period students attend a series of half day sessions – Collaborative Care (4 x 0.5 day) and Outpatients (4 x 0.5 day) - in the clinical environment. The below table list all the Rural CSBL groups.

Timetable pathways

Timetable pathways are built around CSBL groups.

Each CSBL group is assigned to a Learning Community (LC) and divided among LC clinical units.

To view your timetable pathways:

1. Download your Learning Community below via Excel
2. Click on the ‘Read Only’ button once popup appears
3. Browse the pathways assigned to that community (each tab is a different pathway).

(Example: Timetable Pathway 1 under Central LC = TUT1 in the preference system)

• Download the Central Learning Community timetable pathways (XLSM, 1.9 MB)
• Download the South Learning Community timetable pathways (XLSM, 1.9 MB)
• Download the North Learning Community timetable pathways (XLSM, 1 MB)
• Download the West Learning Community timetable pathways (XLSM, 832.6 KB)
• Download the CQU Rockhampton Learning Community timetable pathways (XLSM, 34.6 KB)
• Download the Wide Bay Bundaberg Learning Community timetable pathways (XLSM, 31.2 KB)
• Download the Darling Downs Toowoomba Learning Community timetable pathways (XLSM, 31.1 KB)

Please note: These are indicative timetables. Your actual classes may vary once your timetable is released. For more details and a video guide, visit  my.UQ – Enrolment and class allocation. 

Timetable preferencing

Year 2 timetable preferencing

• Year 2 medical students only need to submit a preference for CSBL (TUT1) group in MEDI7200.
• Rank your preferred timetable pathways in order.
• You can change your preferences anytime during the 4-day preferencing period.
• Students can only preference CSBL groups assigned to their Learning Community.

Once you are assigned to a timetable pathway:

• All other classes will be added to your timetable after the swap period.

Timetable allocations

• The system will allocate you to your highest possible preference.
• Not all students will receive their first choice.
• If you do not submit a preference, the system will assign you to a timetable pathway within your Learning Community where space is available.

To create a balanced learning environment, allocations consider:

• Gender distribution
• Program (MD and MD Ochsner)
• Admission group (international/domestic)

Tip: Preference up to 10 different groups for the best chance of getting your preferred timetable.

Timetable swap

After CSBL allocations are released, there will be a swap period:

• Opens: Midday, Friday 12 December 2025
• Closes: Midday, Monday 15 December 2025

During this time, you can allocate yourself into another timetable pathway within your Learning Community if:

• there is space in the group you want
• you meet the demographic configuration.

To swap:

1. Log in to My Timetable
2. Select TUT1
3. Groups with space will show an “Allocate” button.

(Allocating to a new group means you give up your original spot.)

If your preferred group is full:

• Click the heart icon next to the group number to join the swap waitlist
• If another student wants to swap into your current group, the system will process the swap
• Important: The heart function does not guarantee a swap. It only works if a matching swap occurs
• Keep checking your timetable during the swap period for available spaces.

After the swap period closes, you cannot re-allocate yourself.

Travel information

Travel time between St Lucia Campus and clinical units is factored into timetable pathways:

• 30 minutes → PA-Southside & Mater Clinical Units
• 60 minutes → Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit & Greenslopes Clinical Unit
• 90 minutes → QEII Hospital & Prince Charles Hospital Clinical Unit

Public Transport Options:

• Brisbane City Council bus service (M2) runs frequently between UQ Lakes Station and RBWH Station, stopping at three hospital sites.
• For Greenslopes, the 169 bus service travels between UQ Lakes Station and Greenslopes Station.

Rural students will have a 30-minute travel period between the clinical unit and partner university.