Our Training Network

Integrated and embedded in our communities

JCU’s network extends across regional, rural and remote Queensland, with hands-on training opportunities for clinical placements in underserved communities.

JCU partners with hospital and health services, primary and allied health care clinics, and Aboriginal Medical Services to facilitate extensive rural experiences  for students, junior doctors, registrars and specialists across the health disciplines.

The Australian Government Department of Health’s Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training (RHMT) program has enhanced the University’s ability to train health professionals in, with and for communities. The funding powers the University’s nine Rural Health Sites, dotted across the state in areas of need. They can be found in Thursday Island, Weipa, Mount Isa, Cloncurry, Longreach and Atherton, with larger Clinical Schools in Cairns, Townsville and Mackay.

Added to this is the Regional Training Hubs initiative established as a component of the Integrated Rural Training Pipeline for Medicine. This funding has allowed JCU to strengthen its partnership with hospital and health services in northern Queensland through the Northern Queensland Regional Training Hubs (NQRTH). Through NQRTH we provide an integrated pathway connecting medical students and junior doctors with opportunities to train as specialists in Cairns, Central West, Mackay, North West, Torres and Cape, and Townsville.

JCU Medicine, NQRTH and Hospital and Health Services Training region