University of Queensland Issues Awards for International Achievements

Posted November 9, 2009

The School of Medicine at the University of Queensland, which has recently partnered with Ochsner Health System, won the institution's Organizational Unit Award for its commitment to international student exchange, with more than 350 medical students undertaking an international learning experience in 2009, many in developing nations, including 60 at a specially-developed Clinical School in Brunei.

"The reasons we promote international exchanges and training opportunities include the social and cultural development they bring, as well as the opportunity to develop partnerships over time to individual and school benefit," Professor David Wilkinson, Head of the School of Medicine, said.

The School was also recognized for its collaborations with the Ochsner Health System in New Orleans and Apollo Hospitals Group, India.

How the partnership works:

US medical students have the opportunity to complete two years of pre-clinical training at the UQ School of Medicine, and their third and fourth-year training at Ochsner Health System. UQ medical students also have the opportunity to spend part of their third and fourth years at Ochsner, benefiting from a variety of medical specialties, research and core rotations.

UQ has a Memorandum of Understanding with the Apollo Hospitals Group that specifically covers the facilitation of School of Medicine elective placements in India. Students have a choice of Hospitals in Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Kolkata.