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Toowoomba Rural Clinical School. The RCS. RCS Staff Approachable Know you personally HELPFUL HELPFUL Lectures/tutorials/extras Get taught on a wide range of topics Skills Tutes 4 th year Ultrasound Tute
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The RCS • RCS Staff • Approachable • Know you personally • HELPFUL • HELPFUL • Lectures/tutorials/extras • Get taught on a wide range of topics • Skills Tutes • 4th year Ultrasound Tute • Able to book into clinical skills lab whenever you want to practice cannulation, venepuncture, DREs ;) etc
Toowoomba Base Hospital • Hands on • Good doctor to student ratio (Rotations of 6-7) • Mixture of public and private hospitals (St. Vincent’s and St. Andrew’s) • Doctors make the effort… this is key • Research • Tutes • Extra experience
Accommodation • 3 sets of accommodation • 2 bedroom, 3 bedroom and 4 bedroom units available • Subsidised • $1000/yr (including utilities + internet)
What to do when not thinking about medicine… • Your normal stuff plus: • Hiking • Markets (Sunday morning) • Ground Up (Also when you are thinking about medicine) • So close to Brisbane that you can go back for all med eventsor haircuts • Flying Lessons • Salsa • Social Tennis Comps (BYO) • Rugby • Aquatic Centre • Great Bands at The Spotted Cow
From the students: • Tutes from the 4th years • Student coordinators who coordinate students placements • Patients aren’t bled dry • Everything is close • STAFF – Research Support • Roadworks are finished • New airport to be completed October 2014 • Community • Grill’d • Brisbane is never far