Police have been asked to investigate an incident involving medical students at a health facility in central-west Queensland where a goose was killed and prepared for cooking.

The University of Queensland students' placement at a private practice at Blackall, south-east of Longreach, has been terminated.

The incident occurred in the grounds of the Blackall hospital on Tuesday.

Central West Hospital and Health Service spokesman Dr David Rimmer says staff were upset and high standards of conduct need to be upheld.

"Medical students are expected to adhere to the same level of ethical and professional standards that doctors are obliged to," he said.

"They are registered with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority.

"They are basically licensed to be medical students in the same way doctors are licensed to practice and they are held accountable to the same set of standards."

The university says it considers any allegations of student misconduct very seriously and will investigate any allegations once the police inquiry is finished.

Not something within 'normal student activities'

Dr Rimmer says the service has an obligation to find out what happened.

"That isn't something that fits within the normal student activities," he said.

"When we spoke to our staff, a number of our staff were quite distressed about the incident.

"Until we have an understanding of what the episode involved, we can't say whether it is an overreaction.

"We hold our medical practitioners, including our student medical practitioners, to high standards of conduct."