Ochsner Clinical Immersions

The following information relates to students enrolled in the UQ-Ochsner MD Program. 

Swap Requests

UQ-Ochsner students will be provided with an opportunity to submit swap requests, during the appropriate swap period only.

Students may submit swap requests during the dates detailed on the appropriate allocation timeline listed under Key Allocation Dates.

• For Year 3 and Year 4 students requesting to swap Clinical Immersion Term Order, please follow the process outlined below.
• For Year 4 students requesting to swap just the Pathway within the Clinical Extension immersion, please submit an application, within the designated swap period, using this link. On the form, for Swap Request Type, select "Clinical Extension Pathway" from the drop down menu.

Clinical Immersion term orders are not reassigned solely based on preference. Swap requests will be accommodated where possible, including when a matching student or available capacity exists, but approval cannot be guaranteed and remains subject to operational requirements. Students may also arrange a mutually agreed swap and submit a request in accordance with the published process.

• Requests will be handled in the order received.
• Swap requests must be submitted by the swap period deadline as detailed on the appropriate allocation timeline under Key Allocation Dates.
• Students who have identified a mutually agreed swap should email their request to med.ocsStudentAdmin@uq.edu.au. Both students must be copied on the email, and the swap must be confirmed by reply from the other student.
• Students requesting a swap where no matching student has been identified should email their request to med.ocsStudentAdmin@uq.edu.au.
• Students must use their official UQ or Ochsner student email account. Requests sent from personal email accounts will not be considered.
• Once approved and processed, swap requests are considered final.

Placement Change Requests

The following information relates to students enrolled in Year 4 of the UQ-Ochsner MD Program.

Students may apply for a placement reallocation during Year 4 at Ochsner after they have been allocated to a confirmed placement. Reallocation requests are limited to the following:

• Term order within the Immersion group
• Sub-specialty order within the Critical Care Plus Immersion
• Specialty selection within the Elective Immersion

Change requests must be done in accordance with the UQ-Ochsner Year 4, 2027 Placement Deadlines. Requests will not be considered outside the published guidelines. Due to the logistical and operational complexities involving multiple departments and, in many cases, coordination across two continents, no exceptions will be granted to these deadlines.

• Requests will be handled in the order received. 
• Once a request has been approved and processed it will be considered finalised.
• Students wishing to apply for allocation changes under the above conditions must submit the details to med.ocsStudentAdmin@uq.edu.au.

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