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General Practice
The Discipline of General Practice (DGP) is involved in a wide number of teaching, clinical and research activities. All activities are aimed to enhance the quality of care provided by general practitioners to their patients.

The academic general practitioner staff of the DGP are actively involved in clinical practice – either in private general practice in Brisbane, or at UQ’s academic general practice embedded within a community health centre at Inala. 

Teaching Activities
Undergraduate - MBBS Program
The DGP contributes strong clinical and general practice input into the UQ’s four-year MBBS Program, and is responsible for the coordination and delivery of the 8-week General Practice & Community (GP&C) Core Clinical Rotation for 3rd year medical students.

During their GP&C Core Clinical Rotation, students spend 4 half-days/week in general practice with a GP clinical teacher, and half a day each week with a community organisation. The rest of the time is spent attending lectures, tutorials, and specially arranged clinics including musculoskeletal medicine and palliative care clinics, an eye skills workshop, and an after-hours locum service. Third year medical students also spend time in rural general practice during their 8-week Rural Core Clinical Rotation.

Postgraduate
In recent years, the Discipline of General Practice has offered postgraduate level programs to doctors working in general practice and primary health care.

  

 


Master of Medicine General Practice

Opportunities for research and post-graduate studies in General Practice and Primary Care

Click here to see a list of opportunities.

Research Activities
 
  • Australian Centre for Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) Centre of Research Excellence
  • Primary Health Care Research Evaluation and Development (PHC RED)
  • International Primary Palliative Care Research Group
  • Individual Medicine Effectiveness Tests (IMET)
  • Women's Health
  • Hospital, Community Interface
  • Health Services Delivery
  • Prevention in General Practice
  • Chronic Disease in General Practice
  • Attention Deficit Disorder
  • Palliative Care
           - Int Palliative care research group
  • The Diagnosis and Monitoring of Disease in General Practice
  • Medical Education
  • Indigenous Health
  • Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
  • Mental Health
  • Mater UQ centre for Primary Health Care Innovation
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    Affiliations
    • The maintenance of a close working relationship with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Consortia involved in postgraduate general practice education
    • Examining for the Australian Medical Council
    • Close associations with the Queensland Divisions of General Practice and local Divisions of General Practice
    • Palliative Care Australia
    • Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education
    • Women’s Health Queensland Wide

    Staff

    Click here for a list of staff members

    General Enquiries

    Gillian Vey
    DGP Administrator
    MMed (GP) Student Co-Ordinator

    University of Queensland
    Discipline of General Practice
    Level 8, Health Sciences Building
    Building 16/910
    Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
    HERSTON, Q 4029

    Tel:  (07) 3365 5379
    Fax: (07) 3346 5178 

    Email:g.vey@uq.edu.au

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