Referral and triage patterns of a new rural paediatric outpatient service in south-western Victoria, Australia

Ms Jessica Beattie

qualifications: MHHSM

contribution: Study conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript

position: Lecturer in Rural General Practice (Program Development and Support)

Researcher employed within a Rural Clinical School. Primary focus is rural workforce and longitudinal integrated clerkship's.

Dr Britta Baade

qualifications: FRACP

contribution: Study conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision

position: Consultant Paediatrician

Assoc Prof Lara Fuller

qualifications: FRACGP, MBBS (Hons), GCME

contribution: Study conception and design, Drafting of manuscript

position: Director of Rural Medical Education and Rural Community Clinical School

Associate Professor Lara Fuller is Director of Rural Medical Education and the Rural Community Clinical School at Deakin University. As an academic General Practitioner her teaching and research interests are in curriculum design for rural medical education, learning in Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships, rural clinical training pathways and rural workforce outcomes. She is an active member of the Federation of Rural Australian Medical Educators (AusFRAME) and the International Consortium of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (CLIC).