qualifications: MSc
contribution: literature review, wrote the first draft
position: Research coordinator
South Africa
Past Affiliation: Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Capacity: Medical Research Coordinator. Research Interests: (rural) undergraduate medical education, health services delivery, sustainable rural development, rural disease epidemiology
qualifications: MBChB
contribution: critical reading of manuscript, made valuable contributions to content
position: Professor and head: Division of Rural Health
South Africa
Professor Ian Couper is Director of the Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health and Professor of Rural Health at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. A trained family physician, he spent nine years practising in a remote rural hospital in northern KwaZuluNatal province, and then 16 years working in primary care and health service development in rural North West province. He held the first chair of rural health at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). He has chaired both the Rural Doctors Association of Southern Africa (RuDASA) and the Wonca Working Party on Rural Practice (WONCA Rural).
qualifications: MBChB
contribution: critical reading of manuscript, made valuable contributions to content
position: Doctor
South Africa
Research interest: rural women doctors transgender health
qualifications: MBChB
contribution: critical reading of manuscript, made valuable contributions to content
position: Professor and head: Centre for Rural Health
South Africa
Interested in rural medical education, community-based education, workforce issues, and medical humanities.
qualifications: MBChB
contribution: critical reading of manuscript, made valuable contributions to content
position: Deputy dean: community interaction
South Africa
qualifications: MBChB, PhD
contribution: original concept, supervisor
position: Director: Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health
South Africa
Paediatrician with interest in infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis, and rural health.
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15th National Rural & Remote Allied Health Conference (SARRAH), 21–23 October 2024, Mildura, Australia
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RMA24, 23–26 October 2024, Darwin, NT, Australia
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International Conference on Rural Nursing and Rural Health (ICRNRH), 28–29 October 2024, Lisbon, Portugal
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15th National Rural & Remote Allied Health Conference: Going the distance, 21–23 October 2024, Mildura, Vic., Australia
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Rural GP Association of Scotland (RGPAS) Annual Conference #RGPAS24, 15–17 November 2024, Inverness, Scotland
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11th Biennial Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2024, 2–6 December 2024, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
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4th International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2025, 16–19 June 2025, Adelaide Convention Centre, Kaurna Country, Australia
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