4 Corners Newsletter - Vol 3 - Central Queensland University

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Below L-R Professor Pegg,
Maree Geraghty, Chief Executive,
Central Queensland Hospital
and Health Service, MP Kirsten
Livermore,
Minister Plibersek and
Clinic Manager Jude Wills.
CQUniversity Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Professor Graham Pegg, who helped to cut
the ceremonial ribbon, said the Clinic had a
focus on rehabilitation and chronic disease
and was a great partnership between the
University and Queensland Health.
He said there were students from nine
universities - including CQUniversity -
gaining clinical experience through the
Clinic, which can provide up to 200 clinical
placements each year. In future, the
proportion of participating students enrolled
with CQUniversity would increase.
Several VIPs at the launch praised
the multi-disciplinary nature of the Clinic,
meaning students in areas including Oral
Health, Occupational Therapy, Podiatry,
Physiotherapy and Speech Pathology
can learn to work alongside each other,
becoming more holistic and well-rounded as
professionals.
Minister Plibersek outside the facility with
Professor Pegg and MP Kirsten Livermore.
The hands-on, project-based learning is a key reason as
to why CQUniversity graduates are highly sought after by
employers. Quality on-campus facilities ensure learning
is delivered ‘in context’, taught in a similar setting to that
of a real-world situation. The addition of the new Allied
Health Clinic at CQUniversity Rockhampton will provide
clinical experiences to students studying the new suite
of Allied Health programs. CQUniversity has introduced
around a dozen new Allied Health Programs across
regional Queensland, with others including Paramedic
Science, Medical Science including Pathology, Nutrition and
Clinical Investigation, Medical Imaging and Sonography,
Chiropractic Science, and Exercise and Sports Science. In
addition, CQUniversity is offering Medical Sonography in
Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
Rockhampton
– Allied Health Clinic
The future’s looking up.
Clinic Manager Jude
Wills and Deputy VC
Professor Pegg give
visitors a tour before the
official ribbon cutting.
Stage 1 was a $12 million project, drawing on $9.7 million
from Health Workforce Australia.
Deputy VC Professor Pegg said planning was already
well advanced for a Stage 2 Clinic* valued at up to $16
million to be constructed beside Stage 1. Stage 2 would
include more facilities and equipment for staff and patients
as well as additional teaching spaces.
Principal contractor Murphy Builders Queensland
completed the Stage 1 project, which was project-managed
by Shirley Hynes from CQUniversity’s Directorate of
Facilities Management (DFM).
* The Federal Government has earmarked the Stage 2
funding as part of CQUniversity’s proposed merger with
Central Queensland Institute of TAFE, to become a dualsector
institution.
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