Building your medical career

Enabling students to explore the myriad of careers available as medical graduates and getting a head start on the skills and experience required to succeed.

A career in medicine is challenging, rewarding and ever changing. As in every area of our lives technology is expanding the scope of our practice. The expectation of the public is to live long and fruitful lives with health matters sidelined as much as possible due to our increased knowledge and capability through research.

Becoming a medical student – a challenge in itself; is your first step on this path. You will find yourself excited and perhaps confronted by choice and having to make decisions with so many things to consider. Employment opportunities exist in spheres you may not yet have imagined.

Note: There are some significant changes for interns applying for 2021 positions. Please read the Intern Applicant User Manual for details.

About to graduate? Apply online now for AHPRA registration.

Start exploring

Explore some future careers:

Alongside your MD, you also have the opportunity to enrol in:

Clinician Scientist Track – incorporating a PhD or an MPhil into the program
Masters of Public Health alongside the MD
Summer research program scholarships
Many extended research opportunities

You can also apply for the UQ Employability Award.

Helpful links

Whether you know from day 1 where you would like to finish or have no idea on your final day, there are opportunities you may not yet have dreamed of. Meetings by chance, and experiences due to accidents can all shape the way your career heads. Leave less to chance by checking out some of these resources and coming along to our careers events.

Map your rural career pathway: The UQ Regional Training Hubs Quick Reference Guides will give you relevant and up to date information regarding example career pathways as a rural doctor. UQ has worked with QH to give you an overview of the available accredited training positions in Central Queensland, Wide Bay and Southern Queensland.
UQ Careers and Employability
UQ Medical Society
Ochsner Clinical School
Queensland Health internships
- Navigate your medical career using Medi-Nav, a Queensland Heath initiative
AMA Becoming a Doctor
Junior Doctor Training Program Private Hospital Stream (previously CMI)
OzTrekk
Visas to stay in Australia and work
Queensland Health career structure pathway
AMA Careers Training Pathway - you can join the AMA for free as a student and this page gives you information and links to over 60 different pathways
Not sure clinical medicine will be for you? Check out the Creative careers in medicine website

Your networks

Australian Medical Association Queensland free student membership

Join AMA Queensland to access free career development resources, the AMA careers advisory service, free seminars, webinars plus much more.

More information about the benefits of student membership is available on the AMA website.

To join as a free student member, complete the online form.

Queensland Doctor’s Health Programme

The QDHP offers free peer-to-peer counselling for medical students and doctors in Queensland, and has a 24/7 hotline number that students can call for a confidential chat (07) 3833 4352.

For international students and graduates

View our international graduate employment outcomes

International students wanting to stay in Australia

Private Hospital Stream Internships in 2021 in Bundaberg

Mercy Health and Aged Care Central Queensland along with the Mater Private Hospital, Bundaberg and Friendly Society Private Hospital, Bundaberg offer 16 Internships to full-fee-paying international students completing their medical degree at an onshore medical school in Australia. Full details are available on https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/work-junior-doctor-training-program-private-hospital-stream.

Interns are placed at the private hospitals for core Medicine and Surgery/Orthopaedic terms and rotate to the Bundaberg Hospital for core Emergency and non-core terms. Non-core terms include Anaesthetics/Intensive Care, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Psychiatry as well as additional terms in Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics and Emergency. All three hospitals are located in Bundaberg West.

Bundaberg Hospital’s Medical Education Unit facilitates the program for the private hospitals in Bundaberg. All enquiries should be directed to MEOBundaberg@health.qld.gov.au.

Further information on working at Bundaberg Hospital can be found: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0025/638062/bundaberg-flyer.pdf and https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/444232/bundaberg-faq.pdf.

Match in the US

The Faculty of Medicine provides application support for students applying to the US match. Current students will be asked to express their interest in the match around April each year via the newsletter. Students are encouraged to express their interest even if they intend to apply in a future year.

Graduates are encouraged to reach out to the Faculty as soon as possible if they intend to apply for the match.

Please contact med.enquiries@uq.edu.au to register interest.

View the CV & Personal Statement workshop recording before beginning the application process.

Match in Canada

The Faculty of Medicine provides application support for students applying to the Canadian match. Current students will be asked to express their interest in the match around April each year via the newsletter. Students are encouraged to express their interest even if they intend to apply in a future year.