qualifications: MPH & TM
position: Obstetric Ultrasound Program Manager
Australia
My current position is Director, Secretariat Maternity Services Steering Committee, Qld Health. I previosuly worked at the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine as the Program Manager for the Radiology and Obstetric Ultrasound Program for rural and remote Australian doctors, and Program Manager for the Procedural Medicine Program. My research area of interest is "Continuing Professional Development, Medical Education and Quality Assurance of Rural and Remote Medical Practitioners". I recently completed my Doctor of Public Health through James Cook University.
qualifications: MB BS
position: Medical Superintendent
Australia
Rural Recruitment and Retention of Procedural Drs; esp in Ultrasound Anaesthetics Obstetrics Emergecy Medicien Surgery Palliative Care
qualifications: MB BS (Hons)
position: Rural Medical Practitioner
Dr Chater has been a rural practitioner in rural Australia for 42 years. He was the founding convenor of the Rural Doctors Associations of Queensland and Australia as well as the National Rural Health Alliance. He has been President of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine. He is Chair of the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice and Head of Discipline Rural and Remote Medicine, University of Queensland. He has a keen interest in Rural Health Policy as it effects rural communities as well as the clinical aspects of rural practice.
Creating positive early rural placements in medical education
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Discharge against medical advice in rural and remote emergency departments
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Retention of early-career GPs as independent specialists in former training practices
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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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