Author Details Does the positive influence of an undergraduate rural placement persist into postgraduate years? Martyn Williamson1 MBBS, Senior lecturer, martyn.williamson@otago.ac.nz Ross Wilson2 BCom(Hons), Assistant reserach fellow, Ross.wilson@nek.lu.se Roslyne Mckechnie3 PhD, Research fellow, roz.mckechnie@otago.ac.nz Jim Ross4 MBChB, Senior lecturer, Jim.ross@otago.ac.nz 1, 3, 4 Department of General Practice & Rural Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand. 2 Department of General Practice & Rural Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand; Present address: Department of Economics, Lund University, Sweden. Correspondence: M Williamson, PO Box 913, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand  Author contribution: Martyn I Williamson: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, literature review, wrote the first draft, draft revision. Ross Wilson: input data, contributed to drafts, wrote data analysis report, contributed to methods write up. Roslyne Mckechnie: devised survey tool, literature review, collected data, contributed to drafts, contributed to methods write up. Jim Ross: contributed to drafts, result interpretation, contribution to first draft planning. Citation: Williamson MI, Wilson R, Mckechnie R, Ross J.  Does the positive influence of an undergraduate rural placement persist into postgraduate years? Rural and Remote Health 12: 2011. (Online) 2012. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 15 November 2011 Revised: 9 March 2012 Accepted: 19 June 2012