Supporting Students

Providing diverse and rewarding rural clinical placements

SQRH’s highly skilled and experienced clinical, academic and student support staff, work with students and rural communities to provide a diverse and rewarding rural clinical placement experience for students.

Clinical placement education support

SQRH assists students in rural and remote health organisations across regional, rural and remote southern Queensland, by providing:

  • Access to discipline-specific clinical education via face-to-face or telehealth communication
  • A local point of contact for student support issues
  • Links to a variety of community-based activities to assist students in gaining the full rural life experience

Student accommodation

Our team provides accommodation support for students in the following locations:

  • Toowoomba
  • Kingaroy
  • Chinchilla
  • Roma
  • Charleville

To enquire about accommodation while on placement in our region, please contact your relevant university placement co-ordinator in the first instance. The SQRH Student Support Co-ordinator can also provide information. Contact Us.

Interprofessional Education

Providing opportunities for students from a variety of health disciplines to collaborate and learn with, about and from each other, including:

  • Rural Interprofessional Practice supported placements,
  • Student-led Interprofessional Practice Clinics.

Student transport

SQRH can provide subsidy for students to travel to their placement and return at the end of their placement. Applications are considered on a case by case basis. Please contact our Student Support Co-ordinator.

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