Author Details Perceptions of UK medical students on rural clinical placements Jenny Deaville1 PhD, Research manager, jennyd@rural-health.ac.uk John Wynn-Jones2 MBBS, Director and senior lecturer in general practice, johnwj@rural-health.ac.uk Richard Hays3 MD, Professor of medical education, r.b.hays@keele.ac.uk Peter Coventry4 MBBS, Senior lecturer in general practice, r.b.hays@keele.ac.uk Robert McKinley5 MD, Professor of academic general practice, r.b.hays@keele.ac.uk Jane Randall-Smith6 MA, CEO, janers@rural-health.ac.uk 1, 2, 6 Institute of Rural Health, Powys, United Kingdom. 3, 4, 5 Keele University, Keele Staffs, United Kingdom. Correspondence: R Hays, Keele University, Keele Staffs ST5 5BG, UK   Author contribution: Jenny A Deaville: collected data, contributed to drafts, literature review, original concept, devised survey tool. John Wynn-Jones: original concept, contributed to drafts. Richard B Hays: original concept, wrote the first draft, literature review, original concept. Peter J Coventry: original concept, contributed to drafts. Robert K McKinley: contributed to drafts, original concept. Citation: Deaville JA, Wynn-Jones J, Hays RB, Coventry PJ, McKinley RK, Randall-Smith J.  Perceptions of UK medical students on rural clinical placements. Rural and Remote Health 9: 1165. (Online) 2009. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 22 January 2009 Revised: 23 April 2009 Accepted: 2 June 2009