Year 1
Guide To Surviving First Year
Trouble finding your lecture? Want to know the best places to get coffee? Want to learn about this cool new society ‘the UQMS’? Look no further – the UQMS Guide to Surviving First Year has the answers to all of your questions.
Course Coordination Team Convenor – Dr Nora Leopardi: med.yr1coursecoord@uq.edu.au
Principal contact for Year 1 course enquiries.
General enquiries:
Walk-in available (8.30am – 4.30pm, Monday to Friday):
- St Lucia Campus: MD Learning Hub, Level 4, Building 69, St Lucia
- Herston Campus: HMBS Student Admin Reception, Level 5, Oral Health Centre (883), Herston
Phone: +61 733 657 587
Email: med.medsch@uq.edu.au
General program administrative support and information. If unsure who to contact, this team can point you in the right direction.
Academic support: https://medical-school.uq.edu.au/current-students/doctor-medicine-students/doctor-medicine-student-support/academic-guidance
Medical Student Support: med.mss@uq.edu.au
Assistance for student mental health and wellbeing, academic performance, referral to specialist support services such as counselling, disability support and accommodation.
Director of MD Research – A/Prof Bernadette Richards: bernadette.richards@uq.edu.au
For matters relating to research during the program.
Rural Clinical Schools:
Central Queensland Learning Community – Rockhampton Regional Clinical Unit: med.rcs.rockhamptonstudents@uq.edu.au
Wide Bay Learning Community – Bundaberg and Hervey Bay Regional Clinical Unit: med.rcs.bundabergstudents@uq.edu.au
Darling Downs and South-West Queensland Learning Community – Toowoomba Regional Clinical Unit: med.rcs.toowoombastudents@uq.edu.au
Ochsner Clinical School: med.ocsstudentadmin@uq.edu.au
For matters relating to immersions and small group scheduling
UQMS Contacts
Year 1 Representative: year1@uqms.org
Rainbow Med: rainbowmed.chair@uqms.org
AMSA: amsa@uqms.org
Indigenous Officer: indigenous@uqms.org
International Student Committee Chair: international@uqms.org
Rural Learning Community Chairs
Central Queensland: centralqld@uqms.org
Wide Bay: widebay@uqms.org
Darling Downs and South-West Queensland: southwest@uqms.org
UQMS Advocacy Comments, Suggestions, and Complaints Form
This is a one stop shop for all your advocacy needs! Please fill in your comments, suggestions and complaints regarding your experience as a UQ medical student, and we as the Advocacy Committee will endeavour to resolve, redirect and escalate the issue accordingly.
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