Clinical Immersions

Students will undertake a range of clinical immersions in Year 3 & 4 of the Program. Clinical immersions are structured learning experiences that involve direct observation and participation in a clinical setting under the supervision of experienced clinical staff and healthcare professionals. You will develop clinical skills, integrate discipline knowledge, gain firsthand experience in interacting with patients and participating in their care, and further develop your clinical reasoning, professional conduct and collaboration skills. During the immersion you will have multiple and diverse opportunities to receive feedback on the development of your knowledge and skills.

Key Dates

The key dates related to the allocations process can be found here.

Key Contacts

If you have any questions about the clinical immersion allocations process, please reach out to the Placements Team.

Location: Level 5, Oral Health Centre, Herston

Email: med.placements@uq.edu.au

Year 2 Clinical Immersions

Students will undertake a number of longitudinal placements in Year 2 of the Program. You will gain hands-on experience through immersion in diverse clinical care settings in the Collaborative Care and Outpatients immersion, and General Practice immersion, allowing them to apply their knowledge and clinical skills in real-world contexts.

Longitudinal GP Immersion

The placement is a full day GP clinical immersion and students will have the opportunity to preference from available placements based on their CBL group allocation. Preferencing dates can be found here.

Due to the availability of placements from the GP clinics, your allocated placement may be within or outside of your Learning Community. If you or family members currently attend a GP clinic as a patient or staff member, please list these practices last when preferencing the clinics. Please allow for travel time to and from your placement.

If you have any questions about your placement allocation, please contact the GP team at med.gpstudents@uq.edu.au

Longitudinal Collaborative Care and Outpatient Immersions

Students will be allocated to their Collaborative Care and Outpatient Clinic placements based on clinician and timetable availability - there is no preferencing. Placements may be in a hospital, community based, within a private practice, or home visits. Students will be emailed once they have been allocated to a placement, with further information available in the Placements system. .

If you have any questions about your placement, please contact your learning community:

Central: med.centrallcstudents@uq.edu.au
North: med.northlcstudents@uq.edu.au
South: med.southlcstudents@uq.edu.au
West: med.westlcstudents@uq.edu.au

Year 3 Clinical Immersions

2026 Year 3 Allocations Presentation

RCS Presentation to be Published w/c 9 June 2025
RCS Slides to be Published w/c 9 June 2025
GBCS Presentation to be Published w/c 9 June 2025
GBCS Slides to be Published w/c 9 June 2025

Clinical Immersion Groups/Terms

In Year 3, you will rotate through five clinical immersion terms. You will have the opportunity to preference the order of your clinical immersion terms as shown below.

Greater Brisbane Clinical School students will undertake the five immersions in one of the below orders.

Rural Clinical School students will undertake the five immersions in one of the below orders with Psychiatry integrated throughout the year.

Clinical Immersion Pathways

The below links show the individual pathways within a Learning Community. You will be able to view the location of the clinical immersions by week.

Please note, these pathways are indicative only and are subject to change based on the operational needs of both the Medical School and the Healthcare providers.

Greater Brisbane Clinical School - Year 3 2026 (PDF, 454.4 KB)

Rural Clinical School - Year 3 2026 (PDF, 122.7 KB)

Allocations Process

Special Consideration

Students may have a circumstance that will impact on their ability to undertake placements at a specific site or semester order. This is known as Special Consideration, and allows the student to apply to be assigned to a placement through a process that is separate to the usual method of placement allocation. The Special Consideration process will open prior to the start of allocation preferencing.

Further details can be found in can be found in the Clinical Immersion Allocation Guidelines.

Clinical Immersion Group Swaps

Following the publication of the provisional immersion term allocations, you will be able to submit a swap request for your group using the application form.

Swap requests are only related to your group and can only be considered within your Clincial Unit. All applications for group swaps will be accommodated where possible, however are subject to operational requirements. The Medical School cannot guarantee fulfilment of swap requests.

The Clinical Immersion Group Swap forms can be found in the Clinical Immersion Allocation Guidelines.

Year 4 Clinical Immersions

2026 Year 4 Allocations Presentation

Town Hall Recording to be published following the 20 June 2025 Town Hall
Presentation Slides to be published following the 20 June 2025 Town Hall
FAQ's to be published following the 20 June 2025 Town Hall

Clinical Immersion Groups/Terms

Students will undertake the five immersions in one of the below orders:

To be published following the 20 June 2025 Town Hall

Clinical Immersion Pathways

The below links show the individual pathways within a Learning Community. You will be able to view the location of the clinical immersions by week.

Please note, these pathways are indicative only and are subject to change based on the operational needs of both the Medical School and the Healthcare providers.

Greater Brisbane Clinical School - Year 4 2026 (to be published following the 20 June 2025 Town Hall)
Rural Clinical School - Year 4 2026 (to be published following the 20 June 2025 Town Hall)

Clinical Extension Availability

After the release of finalised allocations, students will have the opportunity to preference for the locations and disciplines that are available within their allocated Clinical Unit/Learning Community. A summary of the available disciplines at each location is available here. Please note this is a guide, with some placements not offered all blocks, and is subject to change due to operational requirements.

PLD Elective

Students are required to undertake the elective course during Year 4 of their program. The elective placement can be undertaken at any approved location worldwide, including but not limited to Clinical Units of the Medical School. Applications for the elective placement activity must be made in accordance with the published guidelines and timeline.

Further details regarding the application and preferencing process will be published following the 20 June 2025 Town Hall.

General Practice

Rural Clinical School

Students in the Rural Clinical School do not need to preference their GP placement, as this is will be arranged directly by their Leanring Community.

Greater Brisbane Clinical School

Students will have the opportunity to nominate their preference for a specific GP practice (preferencing dates can be found here). All placements are subject to change at any time at the discretion of the Medcial School.

Students are not permitted to preference for placements at practices where their family are patients or staff.

For more information GBCS GP placements, email med.gpstudents@uq.edu.au

GP in a Rural Location (GPiRL)

Students can apply to undertake their General Practice immersion in a rural or remote location. Students wishing to undertake GPiRL will be provided with accommodation and receive a subsidy to help with the cost of travel and internet access.

Extended Placement Program

The Extended Placement Program provides an opportunity for all onshore students (Domestic and International) to spend more time in a rural location by undertaking back to back placements in General Practice and Clinical Extension. The program focuses on continuity of practice in a rural community, thus for students enhancing patient and learner-centeredness.

It is known that rural primary care is an excellent setting for high quality clinical and educational experiences (Worley, Stasser & Prideaux, 2009). The chosen rural sites would provide an integrated learning environment with extensive clinical exposure. The Extended Placement Program will be enriched by having a Medical Educator take a role in supporting and assisting medical students to meet all the curriculum requirements.

Students wishing to undertake an EPP will be provided with accommodation for the duration of their EPP placements and are entitled to financial assistance through the Rural Placement Student Support Program.

Please see the EPP information flyer and EPP Information booklet for further details or contact Rural & Remote Medicine Team via email: med.rrmstudents@uq.edu.au or by phone (07) 4633 9705.

For a first hand insight into the Extended Placement Program, check out Travis' story here.

How to Apply