Academic Guidance

A 'stepped-care approach' is taken to the provision of academic guidance in the Doctor of Medicine (MD) program. Course Coordinators are your first point of contact if you have queries regarding course content, learning activities and assessment, including questions about results and feedback.

In addition to your Course Coordinators and other educators, the Medical School provides access to specialised academic advice. Where appropriate, you may be referred to other staff or you will be supported to develop a learning plan to aid your studies. The specialised academic advice may also include the provision of guidance to educators and support teams to ensure a stepped-care approach is taken that maximises the support you receive.

Throughout your studies, you are encouraged to contact the below dedicated staff/teams for specialised academic support.

Year of program	Home Clinical School	Contact
1	All	Dr Adareeka Jayasinghe
2	Greater Brisbane Clinical School	Dr Chaminda Jayaratne
2	Rural Clinical School	Dr Ann Arlott Central Queensland Learning Community
2	Rural Clinical School	Dr Frances Kinnear Wide Bay Learning Community
1 – 2	UQ-Ochsner students ^ preparation for USMLE and transition to Year 3	Medical Society Head
3 – 4	Greater Brisbane Clinical School	Dr Chaminda Jayaratne
3 – 4	Rural Clinical School	Dr Gina Watkins Bundaberg Regional Clinical Unit
		Dr Rudi Prasad Hervey Bay Regional Clinical Unit
		Associate Professor Sunday Pam Rockhampton Regional Clinical Unit
		Dr Furhan Iqbal Toowoomba Regional Clinical Unit
3 – 4	Ochsner Clinical School	Medical Society Head

Ochsner Clinical School students

The Medical Society Heads, along with the Ochsner Clinical School's Student Affairs Team, provide specialised and dedicated support to Year 1 and 2 UQ-Ochsner students in relation to preparation for USMLE Step 1 and 2, transition into the third year of the UQ-Ochsner MD program, and other UQ-Ochsner specific considerations relevant to this cohort.

For all enquiries regarding the Medical Societies at Ochsner, please contact the OCS Student Affairs Team at med.ocsStudentAdmin@enquire.uq.edu.au.

View the UQ-Ochsner MD program student support page for more information about the support available for UQ-Ochsner students.