Chinchilla Medical Practice
Address
58 Middle St, Chinchilla, QLD, 4413, AUSTRALIA
About the Placement
Placement Type: GP Clinic and Hospital
Chinchilla Medical Practice is committed to providing the highest quality services and facilities to the local community. Their services include prevention and wellness, general health, skin cancer procedures and immunisations.
Opportunities for Students
Students have the opportunity to spend one day a week at Chinchilla Health Service.
About Chinchilla
Chinchilla has seen significant growth in recent times thanks to the mining boom (coal and gas), which saw many infrastructure upgrades. Beyond the mining boom the town is a middle-sized service town for the surrounding agricultural district, famous for its biannual watermelon festival, which attracts over 14,000 visitors for the weekend of events every second February.
Close-by attractions include;
- Chinchilla Weir
- Chinchilla Watermelon Festival - biannually in February
- Charleys Creek Walk
Website
Getting there
Distance from Brisbane: 291km (4h drive time)
Transport Options: Drive
Accommodation Type: Shared student accommodation (2.5km to practice)
Transport required for placement: Yes - for travel between placement and accommodation
Tips from previous students
- Be a people person, cause the locals appreciate that - there's local sport to watch and events around the place.
- The Medical Centre has a trivia team that competes on Thursday nights. Get into that.
- Musical bingo at the Club Hotel on a Wednesday night.
Testimonials
The medical practice is well equipped with facilities that is relevant to student learning, such as Xray, US, minor operations. The medical practice schedules some sessions with a private sonographer that comes, which is a good experience.
Lots of different experiences (GP, hospital, ambulance etc) being able to interview patients on my own.
It was great. I highly recommend future students throw themselves into the community.