qualifications: PhD
contribution: designed the project, supervised data collection, original concept, contributed to drafts
position: Director, University Department of Rural Health
Australia
Prof Kilpatrick's research interests are social capital, agriculture, small business and vocational education and training in regional Australia. She has published extensively in these areas besides working as a consultant and researcher with rural communities at the local level. She has been particularly interested in researching the way small rural communities can develop partnerships tohelp their regions prosper.
qualifications: MEd(Research)
position: Junior Research Fellow
Australia
Susan Johns is a Junior Research Fellow and PhD Candidate at the University Department of Rural Health, Tasmania. Her academic qualifications include a BEd, BAdVocEd and MEd (Research), all from the University of Tasmania. Her research interests include partnerships between rural schoos, health services and community groups; the nature and impact of vocational education and training in rural Australia with a particular focus on youth, and educational and community leadership.
qualifications: PhD
position: Lecturer
Australia
Dr. Quynh Le is a Lecturer and ICI Coordinator at the University Department of Rural Health, Tasmania. Her academic qualifications include a B.Eng (Vietnam), GradDip AppComp. (Tasmania), M.Ed Studies (SA), M.AppComp (Tasmania), Diploma in Business Management (TAFE) and PhD (Curtin). Her teaching and research interests include courseware development, on-line teaching and learning, Web development, rural health issues, health informatics, social epidemiology, spatial analysis, multilevel modelling, computer assisted learning, instructional design, and quantitative research methodology.
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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