Rural and Remote Health

www.rrh.org.au
James Cook University ISSN 1445-6354

Commentary

The Murtupuni Statement on rural generalist professional practice in Australia

AUTHORS

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Richard B Hays1 FRCGP, Remote Health and Medicine *

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Ruth N Barker2 Adjunct Professor ORCID logo

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Alice Cairns1 Research Fellow ORCID logo

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Vanessa L Sparke3 Senior Lecturer ORCID logo

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Ruth A Stewart4 DRANZCOGadv, Director of Medical Services Eastern Sector

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Sharon Varela1 Senior Lecturer ORCID logo

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Bonnie E Collins5 Project Officer

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Catherine Maloney5 A/CEO ORCID logo

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Rodney Omond6 Deputy Chair

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Tarun Sen Gupta7 FACRRM, Head of Clinical School ORCID logo

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Sarah Chalmers8 FACRRM

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Hwee Sin Chong9 Executive Director

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Kylie McKenna Public Health Nurse

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Kristie Forrest10 Manager Rural Pathway and Rural Generalist Training

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Erica West11

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Jennie Matthews12

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Rosalie Ballard

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Sara Drum13 BPhty, Physiotherapist

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Gabrielle Sabatino14

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Jodie Turvey15 Nurse Educator

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Jo Symons16 Executive Manager Strategy & Partnerships

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Andrew Quabba17 GradCertHlthSc, Executive Director Allied Health

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Jodi Brown1 MACN, Senior Lecturer, Nursing ORCID logo

AFFILIATIONS

1 Murtupuni Centre for Rural and Remote Health, James Cook University, Mount Isa, Qld 4825, Australia

2 College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Nguma-bada Campus, Cairns, Qld 4878, Australia

3 Nursing and Midwifery, James Cook University, Cairns, Qld 4878, Australia

4 South West Hospital and Health Services, Queensland Health, Roma, Qld 4455, Australia

5 Services for Australian Rural & Remote Allied Health (SARRAH), Barton, ACT 2600, Australia

6 Rural Education Committee, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Australia

7 College of Medicine & Dentistry, College of Medicine & Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia

8 Joyce Palmer Health Service, Palm Island, Qld 4816, Australia

9 Queensland Rural Medical Service, Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia

10 Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Albion, Qld 4010, Australia

11 Gidgee Healing, Mount Isa, Qld 4825, Australia

12 Queensland Ambulance Service, North West, Qld, Australia

13 Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Alice Springs, NT 0870, Australia

14 Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, Cairns, Qld 4870, Australia

15 Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia

16 Health Workforce Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia

17 Allied Health, North West Hospital and Health Service, Mount Isa, Qld 4825, Australia

ACCEPTED: 16 September 2024