Profiles And Contributions To This Article
Issues affecting therapist workforce and service delivery in the disability sector in rural and remote New South Wales, Australia: perspectives of policy-makers, managers and senior therapists
qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, designed the project, supervised data collection, literature review, devised survey tool, wrote the first draft
position: Professor, Community Based Health Care
Professor Craig Veitch was the inaugural Chair of Rural Health at James Cook University, Queensland from 2000 to 2007. In December 2007, he became the inaugural Professor of Community Based Health Care at The University of Sydney and the Director of the Centre for Community Based Health Care at Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney. His research interests include health care behaviour and decision making, health services research, road crashes, cancer, health workforce in rural areas, community based rehabilitation, and outreach rehabilitation services.
qualifications: PhD
contribution: devised survey tool, literature review, collected data, qualitative analysis, contributed to drafts
position: Project manager, Wobbly Hub & Double Spoke Project
qualifications: BAppSc(OT)
contribution: collected data, contributed to drafts
position: Project officer, Wobbly Hub & Double Spoke Project
qualifications: PhD
contribution: contributed to drafts, original concept
position: Associate dean, Undergraduate
Australia
Michelle is a Professor in Speech Pathology at the University of Sydney. Michelle's research focuses on workforce and workplace issues in allied health.
qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, contributed to drafts
position: Professor, Occupational Therapy
qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, contributed to drafts
position: Honorary research fellow
Australia
Health services research, experienced in undertaking and applying the results of economic evaluation to health services, evaluation of health policy and qualitative methods in health economics. Current area of research workforce preferences of allied health professionals and retention of these professionals in rural areas.
qualifications: MBus
contribution: original concept, contributed to drafts
position: Regional director
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