Clinical simulators: applications and implications for rural medical education

Valmae Ypinazar

qualifications: PhD

contribution: literature review, original concept, devised survey tool, wrote the first draft, data analysis, supervised data collection

position: Research Fellow

Australia

Senior Research Fellow, Research Unit, Royal Flying Doctor Service, Cairns, Queensland Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns Interests: Qualitative research methodology, Indigenous health, rural health, mental health, medical education, disability

Stephen Margolis

qualifications: MD

contribution: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, supervised data collection, input data, contributed to drafts, statistical analysis

position: Head of Region

Australia

Professor of Remote Health Mount Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health James Cook University www.micrrh.jcu.edu.au and Medical Officer Royal Flying Doctor Service Mount Isa www.flyingdoctor.org.au