Commitment to Professionalism

The Medical School is dedicated to delivering a  rigorous and accredited medical program, ensuring that its graduates can safely and competently serve as  supervised medical interns. Acting in the best interests of the community and the medical field, the Medical School mandates its graduates demonstrate their readiness to  practice medicine.

This requirement extends beyond technical proficiency, encompassing the display of  professional attitudes and behaviour aligned with the medical profession’s standards. This includes a commitment to the notion that both the medical program and medical professionalism demand unwavering dedication.

In pursuit of fostering professionalism, the Medical School intentionally nurtures specific personal and professional attributes within its students, by a planned curriculum of learning opportunities and system of assessment. Furthermore, it encourages them to gain insights into their own strengths and weaknesses while  understanding the uncertainty  involved in training for, and the practice of medicine.

Students must:

• Abide by the UQ Student Code of Conduct
• Abide by the Medical Student Code of Professional Conduct
• Abide by the MD program attendance guidelines
• Complete the UQ Student Integrity and Misconduct Modules
• Abide by Queensland Health’s clinical placement requirements and code of conduct for health professional students and any equivalent requirements pertaining to other clinical settings, including offshore clinical schools (Ochsner) and private hospital or health facilities.