Author Details Reply to Comment on: Medical students on long-term regional and rural placements: what is the financial cost to supervisors? Judith Hudson1 PhD, Deputy head, nicky.hudson@une.edu.au Kathryn Weston2 PhD, Senior lecturer research, kathw@uow.edu.au Elizabeth Farmer3 PhD, Clinical professor, proflizfarmer@gmail.com 1 School of Rural Medicine, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. 2, 3 University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Correspondence: J Hudson, Armidale, NSW 2531, Australia  Author contribution: Judith N Hudson: wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts, original concept. Citation: Hudson JN, Weston KM, Farmer EA.  Reply to Comment on: Medical students on long-term regional and rural placements: what is the financial cost to supervisors? Rural and Remote Health 12: 2287. (Online) 2012. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 10 July 2012 Accepted: 11 July 2012