The Launceston Clinical School (LCS) welcomes 37 year 4 students and 45 year 5 students to our clinical campus in 2011. The LCS is privileged to offer a wide range of clinical teaching placements and learning opportunities.
Students are also engaged in acute inpatient care in the private sector, and Calvary Health Care provides our students with excellent learning opportunities in inpatient general medical, specialty surgery, hospice and palliative care, postnatal obstetrics and surgical gynaecology.
The LCS is well supported by a wide range of urban, regional and rural general practices, the opportunity to engage firsthand in primary care in a safe a mentored manner. 2011 will see the establishment of additional teaching facilities in our supporting practices, providing students with immediate hands on experience that broadens knowledge and focuses clinical decision making and treatment skills.
The School Facility is currently co-located with Launceston General Hospital (LGH), our principal partner in the acute hospital care sector. The LGH is a 310 bed tertiary teaching hospital offering a wide range of general and specialty medical and surgical disciplines, and is an accredited training institution for basic and advanced training in postgraduate medicine and surgery.
August 2011 will see the LCS move into a new purpose-built premises on the Launceston Health precinct. The new facility is optimally placed to have immediate access to the Launceston General Hospital and the new Integrated Care Service, a Commonwealth initiative established to better integrate and manage ambulatory community patients with chronic and complex health care needs.
The LCS clinical program has some key “niche” features. Our program is designed to be patient-focused. Areas of special interest include: