The Launceston Clinical School (LCS) is one of three Clinical Schools. All deliver medical student training and support research associated with the University of Tasmania’s Tasmanian School of Medicine.
The Launceston Clinical School was formed in 2004. Since 2011, it has occupied the top floor of the Launceston General Hospital’s Northern Integrated Care Service building at 41 Frankland St, Launceston. It is a learning space designed to support our medical students with space for case-based learning, simulation training, small group tutorials, online learning, and access to online resources. We are the original home of the Patient Partner Program which is led by a team of dedicated academics.
The Director of the Launceston Clinical School is Associate Professor Rohan Church, who leads a team of clinician academics and clinical researchers who provide teaching, learning and collaborative research activities for medical students and healthcare partners across northern Tasmania.
The school fosters relationships with key clinical care delivery organisations such as the Launceston General Hospital and other Tasmanian Health Services facilities, Calvary Hospital’s St Luke's and St Vincent's campuses, and the premises of other privately funded organisations such as northern General practices. These facilities and their clinicians provide supervision and teaching for our medical students as students train to be future interns.
We are very grateful to the people of Tasmania who are willing to have our students included in their healthcare when visiting their doctor or engaging with the teams their doctors work with.
The school also fosters relationships with key research organisations, premier amongst them being the Clifford Craig Medical Research Foundation.
