2025 GCPHN GP Medical Student Placement Program Availability 

Bond and Griffith University along with the Gold Coast Primary Health Network (GCPHN) Clinical Placements team warmly extends an invitation to you for your availability  and participation in the 2025 GCPHN GP Placement Medical Student Program. 

PLEASE SUBMIT THIS FORM NO LATER THAN 30 SEPTEMBER 2024

This will enable us to provide you with an opportunity to be allocated students for Semester 1, 2025 if you have provided your availability for these blocks.  We accept and encourage you to submit availability at any time throughout the year should you be in a position to host medical students.  

The table below provides a snapshot of the 2025 medical student placement schedule to help you in assessing your availability to host students and this information is captured further on in the form.

Please complete in full and SUBMIT. 

If you require assisitance in completing this form or have any questions, please contact the 

Clinical Placements Team via: Phone:  07 5612 5402  or  Email: clinicalplacements@gcphn.com.au 

We look forward to having you on board the program where your skills and expertise in General Practice will enlighten our medical students.

Individual GP - Medical Student Supervision

Each individual GP who intends on supervising a student at your practice must submit a separate form advising of their availability and selection preferences.  

Shared GP - Medical Student Supervision 

For those practices who supervise students with a number of GPs sharing supervision of a single student on placement please complete the additional GP Supervisor's details section providing each GPs details so that we are aware this will be a shared supervision between the Doctors at your practice. 

If  there are more than three GPs that may be supervising one student over the course of the placement, please contact the Clinical Placements team directly to assist with the submission. It is preferrable the student is provided with consistent supervision throughout the course of the placement and has one consistent GP supervising and signing off on the students end of placement assessment, we do not encourage more than three GPs assigned to one student throughout a placement. 

GP Supervisor 1:  Please select the days you are available to host students

GP Supervisor 2:  Please select the days you are available to host students

GP Supervisor 3:  Please select the days you are available to host students

GP AVAILABLITY SELECTION CORE PLACEMENTS

When selecting your student hosting preferences, please refer to the top of this form where we have provided an overview of the student schedule including Cohorts and placement block dates.  If you select all cohorts and blocks, we will review your selections and allocate students to ensure there is no cross over of blocks in any one day and to ensure you are not allocated more than one student per block. The requirements for each cohort including sessions, days and duration are listed above each cohort.  Detailed information about supervisor requirements can be found here:  For GP Supervisors - Gold Coast Primary Health Network (gcphn.org.au)

GP EOI - ELECTIVE PLACEMENTS 

This year we have included an expression of interest for GP's to supervise elective placements. These placements are for Year 4 and 5 medical students that are passionate about pursuing a career in General Practice. Elective Placements usually fall within the later part of the year and are over 7 WEEKS with a minimum of 8 sessions per week (56 sessions per entire rotation over 7 weeks) Students are available any day of the week for elective placements. 

Prior to allocating any elective placement being allocated we will contact the practice to re-confirm availability and placement requirements. 

YEAR 4 - GRIFFITH MEDICAL STUDENTS 

Core GP Placements are over 7 WEEKS with a minimum of 4 sessions per week (28 sessions per entire rotation over 7 weeks)  A single session = 3 hours minimum. Students are  not available on a Thursday as they attend mandatory university study on this day. There may be additional mandatory study requirements that the student will advise you of prior to commencement of the placement. The practice can discuss preferred session times and days that work for both the practice and student directly with the student prior to commencement of the placement.  The student is advised to work with the GP and practice around best suited days and times.

YEAR 5 - BOND MEDICAL STUDENTS

Core GP Placements are over 7 WEEKS with a minimum of 4 sessions per week (28 sessions per entire rotation over 7 weeks)   A single session =  3 hours minimum.  Students are  not available on a Wednesday as they attend mandatory university study on this day. There may be additional mandatory study requirementsthat the student will advise you of prior to commencement of the placement.The practice can discuss preferred session times and days that work for both the practice and student directly with the student prior to commencement of the placement.  The student is advised to work with the GP and practice around best suited days and times.

YEAR 3 - BOND MEDICAL STUDENTS

CORE 3 WEEK PLACEMENT 

1 day per week, 2 sessions per day over 3 weeks (6 sessions in total)  A  single session =  3 hours minimum.

These placements fall on Tuesdays only and cannot be swapped for alternative days.

YEAR 2 -  GRIFFITH MEDICAL STUDENTS

CORE  3 WEEK PLACEMENT 

1 day per week, 2 sessions per day over 3 weeks (6 sessions in total)  A single session =  3 hours minimum.

These placements fall on Tuesdays or Thursdays only (dependant on block) and cannot be swapped for alternative days.

YEAR 1 -  GRIFFITH MEDICAL STUDENTS

CORE 3 WEEK PLACEMENT 

1 day per week, 2 sessions per day over 3 weeks (6 sessions in total)  A single session =  3 hours minimum.

These placements fall on Tuesdays  or Thursdays only (dependant on block)  and cannot be swapped for alternative days.

*NOTE, there is a vacation break of 1 week between placements for block 3 and block 4 for Year 1 students.

NEXT STEPS

Thank you for providing your availability and expression of interest in participating in our 2025 Medical Student Placement program.  

You will recieve a separate email in the coming days containing a link to a GP Supervisor Onboarding Video that will run through the GP requirements for supervising  medical students.  Each GP who supervises medical students will need  to watch this in full prior to any students being allocated. 

Following this, we will complete student allocations then commence processing practice documentation for Semester 1, 2025 which will be emailed to practices assigned with students in the first few weeks of December 2024. 

 Semester 2, 2025 student allocations and practice documentation will be sent mid 2025.

PRIVACY

We take privacy and security extremely seriously. By providing us with your information you agree to how we store your data. To find out more visit our website at:  Privacy Policy - Gold Coast Primary Health Network (gcphn.org.au)

To find out in more detail about the program please go to: Medical Student Clinical Placements - Gold Coast Primary Health Network (gcphn.org.au)