Author Details Medical student characteristics predictive of intent for rural practice Pamela Royston1 MSA, Undergraduate student, proyston@gmail.com Kathleen Mathieson2 PhD, Faculty, kmathieson@atsu.edu Joan Leafman3 PhD, Faculty, jleafman@atsu.edu Olivia Ojan-Sheehan4 PhD, Assistant director, Faculty Development, ojano-sh@ohio.edu 1, 2, 3 AT Still University of Health Sciences, Mesa, Arizona, USA. 4 Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, Ohio, USA. Correspondence: P Royston, 5850 East Still Circle, Mesa, AZ 85206, USA  Author contribution: Pamela J Royston: original concept, literature review, designed the project, collected data. Kathleen Mathieson: supervised data collection, Oversaw the development of the project. Joan Leafman: manuscript review and editing. Olivia Ojan-Sheehan: Content expert MBTI. Citation: Royston PJ, Mathieson K, Leafman J, Ojan-Sheehan O.  Medical student characteristics predictive of intent for rural practice. Rural and Remote Health 12: 2107. (Online) 2012. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 20 February 2012 Revised: 17 April 2012 Accepted: 9 August 2012