Rate My Professor Cheryl Mcintyre

Dr Cheryl McIntyre serves as a Senior Lecturer in General Practice within the School of Rural Medicine at the University of New England. She earned her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and Bachelor of Medical Science (BMedSc) from the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Her qualifications also include Fellowship of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM), Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP), Diploma in Paediatrics (DipPaed) from UNSW, Diploma of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (DRANZCOG), and Diploma in Dermatology (DipDerm) from Cardiff. Dr McIntyre studied medicine in Sydney before returning to her husband's hometown of Inverell, New South Wales, with her family. She joined Evans St Surgery as a registrar on the Family Medicine Program in January 1999 and has practiced there continuously, with the practice relocating and renaming to Inverell Medical Centre in July 2015. As a General Practitioner and Obstetrician, her clinical training emphasized women's health services, general practice, obstetrics, and paediatrics.

In her academic role, Dr McIntyre's undergraduate teaching responsibilities cover General Practice and Obstetrics at the University of New England. She extends her contributions to postgraduate training of pre-vocational General Practice trainees and General Practice registrars. Additionally, she co-supervises Year 5 Joint Medical Program students in the University's Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC) program, a 19-week apprenticeship model of experiential learning in the rural Inverell community. Under her guidance, students engage in comprehensive patient care journeys across general practice at Inverell Medical Centre, hospital settings including deliveries and theatre for caesareans, allied health services, rehabilitation, aged care, and community reintegration. Dr McIntyre holds examiner positions with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Her professional affiliations encompass the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, New England Division of General Practice, New England Medicare Local, and GP Synergy. Inverell Medical Centre, where she works, operates as a multidisciplinary teaching practice with multiple general practitioners, nurses, midwives, reception staff, visiting specialists, and allied health professionals.