New medics welcomed to Toowoomba amid ‘exciting’ research opportunities

The Darling Downs fosters hundreds of regional medical careers every year, and now a new batch of medical students has been shown the very best of what the region has to offer.

UQRCS Research Coordinator Janelle McGrail and UQRTH Southern Queensland Program Officer Rosie Wagner at the event.

Known for its high quality service and groundbreaking research, the Darling Downs has become a hot spot for knew interns doctors and up-and-coming health professionals from major cities, wanted to break ground on their careers in medicine.

That knowledge and research have been passed on to a group of highly skilled medical students who visited in the University of Queensland Regional Training Hub Southern Queensland.

UQ Rural Clinical School Research Director Associate Professor Dr Srinivas Kondalsamy Chennakesavan the event provided a platform for the region to share their research and current projects.

“We have a highly skilled research group here in Toowoomba who are passionate about the health and wellbeing of regional, rural and remote Australians including Indigenous Australians,” he said.

“It’s always in our best interests to bring major stakeholders together and provide them with a platform to showcase their research capabilities and share their expertise on medical research in the region with each other.”

UQRTH Southern Queensland Director Associate Professor Thomas Doolan said the event gave local medics the opportunity to learn about initiatives available to them, including the mentorship program.

“Our team improves the co-ordination of medical training and ensures medical trainees can complete as much of their specialty training as possible in our region,” he said.

“We were proud to announce that we’ll be running the Zoom Educational Series again this year, which is an interactive case-based discussion forum with expert panels focused on discussing common issues faced in isolated rural and remote environments.”