Learning Communities
The UQ MD Learning Communities are clusters of health care providers including hospital and community-based services, general practices, and other community providers. Importantly, these Learning Communities comprise the students and staff based in the facilities and provide a platform where they can flourish in a mutually supportive environment, where relationships and connections are forged, and students nurtured.
Our Learning Communities provide a small cohort experience within large cohort experience, which supports improved connection and engagement. The longitudinal relationships inherent in the Learning Communities model are integral to effective teaching and learning, support progress toward attainment of the graduate attributes and promote excellence in clinical practice and scholarly endeavours.
Provide an environment where medical students can flourish, from day one of their studies, in a mutually supportive environment.
Enable students to form relationships and connections with their peers as well as professional, academic, and clinical staff.
Based around clusters of health care facilities which includes hospitals, community-based services and general practices.
The clusters forming the UQ MD Learning Communities are the following:
Greater Brisbane Clinical School
Rural Clinical School
Comprises:
- Central Queensland Learning Community
- Wide Bay Learning Community
- Darling Downs and South West Queensland Learning Community (2024 onwards)
Ochsner Clinical School
The following Clinical Units support a range of learning experiences across the MD Program, including classroom-based teaching from world class academics and clinicians; clinical masterclasses; and immersions or clinical placements.