Author Details Rural medical education in Europe: the relevance of the Australian experience Richard Hays1 MD, PhD, Head, School of Medicine, r.b.hays@keele.ac.uk 1 School of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK. Correspondence: R Hays, Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffs ST5 5BG, UK  Author contribution: Richard B Hays: original concept, literature review, wrote the first draft. Citation: Hays RB.  Rural medical education in Europe: the relevance of the Australian experience . Rural and Remote Health 7 (online), 2007: no. 683. Available from: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 10 November 2006 Revised: 8 January 2007 Accepted: 27 February 2007