About Us
TROHPIQ is Queensland's rural health club dedicated to helping medical, nursing and allied health students experience the unique career and lifestyle opportunities to be found beyond the big town of Brisbane. We established ourselves in 1994 and have been working towards the above goal since then. The club is now open to many universities around Queensland.
OUR STORY
TROHPIQ is UQ, QUT, ANU, CQU and USQ's rural health club dedicated to helping medical, nursing and allied health students experience the unique career and lifestyle opportunities to be found beyond the big town of Brisbane. We were established in 1994 and have been working towards our mission ever since.
WHY GO RURAL?
STUDENTS
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You’ll have a lot of fun, within TROHPIQ and within the communities
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Better teacher:student ratio means you’ll see more and do more than your urban colleagues
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Regional, rural and remote communities are many and varied, but always welcoming
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Health professionalS
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Treat people you know and would care for even if you weren’t their treating health professional
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As a Rural Generalist enjoy the challenge of doing one or more of GP, emergency medicine, obstetrics and more. Plus get paid as a specialist (because you’re considered one)!
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As a nurse or member of an allied health team enjoy more operational independence and a greater scope of practice with the learning opportunities that that entails
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The chance to work with aboriginals to really make a difference and help to Close the Gap
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Take a leadership role, both professionally and in the community
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Spend as long as you like:
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Locum work – diverse, challenging, well paid
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Years to a lifetime – well paid, rewarding work like no other
What TROHPIQ offers
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Clinical skills days
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Trips to regional and rural Queensland
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Assistance with organising electives
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Social events
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Financial support to attend conferences
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Rural careers information and advice
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Representation to the National Rural Health Students' Network
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And much more!
More questions? Contact us today!
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Interested? Click here to join today!