Address

1/37 North St, Dalby, QLD, 4405, AUSTRALIA

About the Placement

Placement Type: GP Clinic

Myall Medical Practice strives to provide the highest quality general practice services to the local community, through a commitment to teaching, training and professional development. In addition to high quality general practice services our doctors provide antenatal and obstetric care, in-patient hospital care, diagnosis and management of skin cancers, home visits and care of the aged in Dalby’s  two aged care facilities.

About Dalby

Dalby is a large and prosperous rural service centre located in an area of fertile volcanic soil. It is surrounded by fields of wheat, cotton, mung beans, sunflowers, sorghum, millet and barley. Although the area is known as Queensland’s wheat centre, it also produces stud cattle, sheep, pigs and angora goats. Dalby has pleasant picnic spots beside the river, an attractive park in the centre of town, wide  country town streets and some great cafes.

Close-by attractions include;

  • Jondaryan Woolshed
  • Jimbour Homestead
  • Local race meets
  • Bunya Mountains

Website

Getting there

Distance from Brisbane: 209km (2h 40m drive time)

Transport Options: Bus, Drive, Train

Accommodation Type: Practice House or shared student accommodation (800m from practice house to practice, 600m-1.2km from student accommodation to practice)

Transport required for placement: Advantageous - for travel between placement and accommodation

Tips from previous students

Placement:

  • Be open to opportunities. The staff at Myall are willing to help in anyway they can. They encourage you to learn in a hands on way that is really impactful.

Community Engagement:

  • Possible to obtain a one month membership at the local gym, which was very friendly and well kept.
  • Tuesday trivia night at the local pub with other students.

Testimonials

It was great, I really felt like part of the team. Most of the doctors were happy to let me parallel consult so I was running consultations with patients by myself. This really helped my confidence in my communication skills and clinical knowledge application skills. I was given many opportunities to work on my clinical skills as well. Overall a very lovely experience.

Myall medical clinic and Dalby are/were very friendly to the presence of a medical student. The healthcare staff and people in and around town were willing and eager to interact with us both as patient's and in the wider community. I was based in Toowoomba, and after finding things to do in Dalby, I only made one trip back down mid-rotation.

Had a wonderful time doing my catch up RRM at Myall Medical Practice. It was a pleasure learning from all the doctors there with their immense experience and intricate local knowledge.