PA-Southside

The PA-Southside Clinical Unit falls within the Metro South Health area, the major provider of public health services in the Brisbane south side, Logan, Redlands and Scenic Rim regions. Metro South Health provides specialist heath care to a population of more than 1 million people or almost one-quarter of Queensland's population.  

Headed by Associate Professor Claire Ellender, the PA-Southside Clinical Unit helps train about 200 students from across years three and four of the medical program every year.  

PA-Southside Clinical Unit is highly integrated with three Queensland Health hospitals: 

Princess Alexandra (PAH) Hospital 

Princess Alexandra (PAH) Hospital is one of three tertiary level hospitals in Queensland, providing care in most major adult specialties. The PA is nationally recognised for expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and is one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. 

Located 2 km south-east of the Brisbane CBD, the campus is also home to the Translational Research Institute - a unique Australian-first initiative of ‘bench to bedside’ medical research.  

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Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Hospital 

Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Hospital is a medium metropolitan adult facility providing a range of inpatient and outpatient services and a 24-hour emergency department. The hospital's endoscopy unit is Australia’s most advanced diagnostic facilities and has the capacity to see more than 5,000 patients a year. 

The hospital is situated in Coopers Plains – a suburb located 11 km south-west of the CBD.  

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Redland Hospital 

Redland Hospital is the major health centre for Redland City and Brisbane’s southern bayside suburbs. The hospital provides care in a number of specialties including general medicine and surgery, cardiology, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, orthopaedics, renal dialysis and paediatrics. 

The hospital is situated in Cleveland - a suburb of Redland City located on the western shores of Moreton Bay approximately 25 km east-south-east of Brisbane.  

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Benefits of learning at PA-Southside Clinical Unit 

Expertise: Queensland’s finest specialists, many of whom are leaders in their fields and work across both the public and private sectors. 
Coverage of disciplines and specialties: The PA hospital is one of the two largest tertiary-referral hospitals in Queensland, providing state-wide services in spinal injuries, brain injury rehabilitation and renal and liver transplantation. It provides tertiary-level services in all areas of adult medicine with the exception of obstetrics.  
Varied clinical settings: The Clinical Unit is integrated with three very different hospitals - the PA is one of Queensland's busiest, while Redland Hospital and QEII are smaller community hospitals, offering students a more inclusive learning environment. Smaller student numbers allow more time with the teaching team. 
New teaching facilities at Redland Hospital: The facility houses three tutorial rooms, a student common area including kitchenette, meeting room and administration offices.

Academic Title Holders

UQ Medicine is proud to acknowledge that our provision of high quality medical education and research would not be possible without the work of our hospital and clinic-based health professionals. At PA-Southside Clinical Unit, our clinical training and research is supported by more than 630 health professionals who hold an Academic Title with UQ.

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Clinical Unit disciplines

Discipline offerings	PAH	QEII	Redland
Hospital Clinical Coaching	Yes	Yes	No
General Medicine	Yes	Yes	Yes
General Surgery	Yes	Yes	Yes*
Mental Health	Yes	No	Yes
Medicine In Society	Yes	Yes	No
Paediatrics^	No	No	Yes
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	No	Yes^#	Yes
Surgical Specialties (Ophthalmology)	Yes	No	No
Surgical Specialties (Orthopaedics)	Yes	Yes	No
Medical Specialties	Yes	Yes	No
Critical Care - ICU	Yes	Yes	No
Critical Care - Anaesthetics	Yes	Yes	Yes^
Critical Care - Emergency Medicine	Yes	Yes	Yes^

* Split placement - students allocated to Redland will complete first 4 weeks at PAH

# Split placement QEII/Mater - Gynaecology for 3 weeks only

^ Limited placements available, some elective only

Contact

Head, PA-Southside Clinical Unit
Associate Professor Claire Ellender
Email: c.ellender@uq.edu.au
Address: Level 2, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102

Clinical Unit Team Leader
Danielle Nelson
Phone: +61 7 3443 8037
Email: med.southlcstudents@uq.edu.au
Address: Level 2, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102

Student Coordinators

Name	Phone	Address	Email
Yiota Lallas Yr 1 & 2	+61 7 3443 6905	Level 2, Translational Research Institute (TRI)	med.southlcstudents@uq.edu.au
Elena Boyle Yr 3	+61 7 3343 7392 +61 7 3488 4603	Level 2, Translational Research Institute (TRI) UQ Redland Training Centre, Redland Hospital (Redland)
Gina Carey Yr 3 & 4	+61 7 3176 5309	Level 4, Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH)
Anna Douvlos Yr 3 & 4	+61 7 3176 5309	Level 4, Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH)
Alys Cottrill Yr 3 & 4	+61 7 3182 6421	UQ QEII Training Centre – Level 2, QEII Hospital (QEII)
Sherry Zhang Administration Assistant	+61 7 3443 8035	Level 2, Translational Research Institute (TRI)