Author Details Rural general practitioner preceptors - how can effective undergraduate teaching be supported or improved? Peter Baker1 MD, Associate Professor, p.baker@uq.edu.au Lisa Dalton2 MNSc, Project Manager, l.dalton@utas.edu.au Judith Walker3 PhD, Professor and Director, Department of Rural Health; Deputy Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Judith.Walkerutas.edu.au 1 Discipline of General Practice, Department of Rural Health, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia. 2 Department of Rural Health, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. 3 Department of Rural Health. Correspondence: P Baker, Discipline of General Practice, Department of Rural; Current address: Associate Professor and Head SWQ Region, Rural Clinical Division, Univertsity of Queensland School of Medicine, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia  Citation: Baker PG, Dalton L, Walker J.  Rural general practitioner preceptors - how can effective undergraduate teaching be supported or improved? Rural and Remote Health 3: 107. (Online) 2003. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 24 October 2001 Revised: 7 November 2002 Accepted: 28 March 2003