Author Details Decision criteria in health professionals choosing a rural practice setting: development of the Careers in Rural Health Tracking Survey (CIRHTS) Deborah Schofield1 PhD, Associate professor, dschofield@med.usyd.edu.au Jeffrey Fuller2 PhD, Associate professor, jeffreyfuller@nrahs.nsw.gov.au Susan Fletcher3 PGDip Psych, Research Officer, susief@nrahs.nsw.gov.au Hudson Birden4 MPH, Senior Lecturer, hudsonb@med.usyd.edu.au Sue Page5 BMed, Director of Education, suepage@nrahs.nsw.gov.au Karen Kostal6 BSpchPathol, Speech pathologist, kareko@nrahs.nsw.gov.au Scott Wagner7 BHlthSci, Dietician, scottw@nrahs.nsw.gov.au Luke Schultz8 BPhysio, Physiotherapist, lukes@nrahs.nsw.gov.au 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. 6, 7, 8 Lismore Base Hospital, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. Correspondence: D Schofield, PO Box 3074, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia  Author contribution: Deborah Schofield: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, contributed to drafts, literature review. Jeffrey Fuller: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, literature review, contributed to drafts. Susan Fletcher: literature review, input data, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts. Hudson Birden: devised survey tool, literature review, contributed to drafts. Sue Page: devised survey tool, literature review, contributed to drafts. Karen Kostal: devised survey tool, contributed to drafts. Scott Wagner: devised survey tool. Luke Schultz: devised survey tool, contributed to drafts. Citation: Schofield D, Fuller J, Fletcher S, Birden H, Page S, Kostal K, Wagner S, Schultz L.  Decision criteria in health professionals choosing a rural practice setting: development of the Careers in Rural Health Tracking Survey (CIRHTS). Rural and Remote Health 7 (online), 2007: no. 666. Available from: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 6 October 2006 Revised: 7 March 2007 Accepted: 17 July 2007