Port Lincoln

Port Lincoln is a seaside town on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula. Affectionately known as the seafood capital of Australia, it’s an ideal location for outdoor activities with beautiful beaches and national parks nearby.  Placements in Port Lincoln are available in years 5 and 6.

Year 4

Eight-week surgical placements are available in Pt Lincoln to Year 4 medical students. During your placement, you will be supervised by experienced rural surgeons, practitioners, and visiting surgeons from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Royal Adelaide Hospital. You will become actively involved in patient management and have the opportunity for hands-on learning by assisting in surgical procedures under appropriate supervision.

Year 5

A placement at Port Lincoln provides opportunities to deliver health care to regional communities and rotate through specialties such as anaesthetics, obstetrics and gynaecology, and general practice. You will also have access to varied specialists including cardiology, ENT, gynaecology, geriatrics, dermatology, psychiatry and palliative care.

Students also undertake a minimum of three shifts in accident and emergency each month, and work with visiting specialists. Port Lincoln is serviced by a variety of specialists, including gynaecologists, ENT specialists, cardiologists, endocrinologists, urologists, vascular surgeons, ophthalmologists, orthopaedic specialists, and geriatricians. Students will visit the Port Lincoln Special School and the Tobruk Centre for Children's Development. University and local GP-led tutorials are held twice a week.

Students will also spend a number of weeks in Tumby Bay, a small town seaside town approximately 50 km north of Pt Lincoln, with lots of opportunity to parallel consult and experience primary health care in a general practice and small rural hospital setting.

Year 6

Opportunities for four-week rural general practice placements are available.

Find out more about Port Lincoln.