Extra Curricular Opportunities

There are many opportunities for UQ medical students to get involved in Global Health beyond the UQ Medical Curriculum. They are outlined below, with more detail available by clicking on the links.

Student Groups: learn about some key student-run organisations:

• UQ Medical Groups: UQMS, SWIM, TIME, TROHPIQ
• UQ Interdisciplinary: UNSA
• National Medical: AMSA
• International Medical: AsMSA, IFMSA

Ways to get involved are endless. Here’s a little list to get you thinking:

Attend, organise or help with activities

• Such as workshops, skills days, seminars

Get involved on committees

• Executive, Management, Convenor or Assistant positions

Participate in Medical Aid Projects

• Check out Manali and TIME
• Speaking at Schools Program: coming in 2009

Seek extra clinical experience outside teaching periods

• A good starting point in Australia is the John Flynn Placement Program and RAMUS Scholarships (Run by ACRRM) .  There are many other opportunities here and overseas.  Ask your clinical teachers for advice, or family, friends, other connections & organisations listed above

Go to conferences

• We’re working on getting the process for attending conferences easier to navigate for UQ medical students and staff

As well as the chances on offer here, remember to check out:

• Your CURRICULAR Opportunities page (link on Opportunities for Students page)
• Curriculum Map that demonstrates where in the UQ Medical Program Global Health is taught, so you know what you’re learning and when (coming soon)
• Pathways in Global Health Post Graduation (link on Opportunities for Students page)
• Consult the Important Travel Information link on the left hand panel of the UNMDG Project website

Student Groups at the University of Queensland:

There are many student-run groups at the University of Queensland that take an active interest and role in co-ordinating teaching, awareness and training about Global Health, active within the medical school and University-wide.

The main ones based at the University of Queensland are: UQMS, SWIM, TIME, TROHPIQ and UNSA. They are outlined below in more detail.

UQMS: University of Queensland Medical Society (UQ-UNMDG Project Partner) The UQMS represents the 1400 medical students enrolled at the University of Queensland. A student-run incorporated society, independent of the University of Queensland Union, the elected Executive committee oversees the management of the Society, with crucial support from dozens of volunteer social convenors and academic representatives. The UQMS demonstrates its major commitment to Global Health through the actions of UNMDG Project Convenor, a UQMS student position who officially represents the Project for both the SOM and UQMS. As an equal partner of the UQ-UNMDG Project, the UQMS sees the challenges of Global health as an important issue to be addressed within the MBBS Curriculum and among extracurricular activities. The UQMS recognises and supports the outstanding work of its independent affiliates: SWIM, TIME and TROHPIQ. For more information on the many academic and social activities of the UQMS, go to

SWIM: Supporting Women In Medicine SWIM is a non-profit organisation for UQ medical students (women and men!). SWIM aims to provide an academic and social forum to address issues of women in medicine and in the wider community.  SWIM achieves this through various social and academic activities, advocacy, fundraising for women’s health issues and raising students’ awareness of career opportunities and choices available to women within the medical profession. SWIM is a key partner in the Pre-Elective UNMDG Collaborative Workshop for 1st years. Other SWIM activities relating to the UNMDG Project include the SWIM Question and Answer Night. For more information on SWIM’s activities, go to www.swimuq.ning.com