Profiles And Contributions To This Article

Rural GPs' ratings of initiatives designed to improve rural medical workforce recruitment and retention

qualifications: MA(SocPlanDevel)

position: Research Fellow

Australia

A social science researcher, my research interests include rural health and medical workforce, consumer access issues and research capacity development.

John Humphreys

qualifications: PhD

position: Professor of Rural Health Research

Australia

Current research interests include:

the social and spatial patterns of need for health related services in rural areas,
rural health workforce recruitment and retention,
the role and contribution of services to the health and wellbeing of communities,
the provision of appropriate education, training and support for rural health workers and implementation of innovative service delivery models in order to provide sustainable health care in small rural and remote communities,
the evaluation of rural health care planning and policies, and
rural community development.