Does the positive influence of an undergraduate rural placement persist into postgraduate years?

Martyn Williamson

qualifications: MBBS

contribution: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, literature review, wrote the first draft, draft revision

position: Senior lecturer

New Zealand

Senior Lecturer Department of General Practice and Rural Health, Dunedin School of Medicine. Interests in rural undergraduate education, rural hospital services

Ross Wilson

qualifications: BCom(Hons)

contribution: input data, contributed to drafts, wrote data analysis report, contributed to methods write up

position: Assistant reserach fellow

Dr Roz McKechnie

qualifications: PhD

contribution: devised survey tool, literature review, collected data, contributed to drafts, contributed to methods write up

position: Research fellow

New Zealand

I am a medical anthropologist. My research interests are palliative care, rural health and patient navigation particularly in non-malignant conditions.

Jim Ross

qualifications: MBChB

contribution: contributed to drafts, result interpretation, contribution to first draft planning

position: Senior lecturer

New Zealand

Former rural GP, now teacher of undergraduate medical students in General Practice and in RuralHealth at Dunedin School of Medicine, Univeristy of Otago, New Zealand.