Author Details Midwives' competence: is it affected by working in a rural location? Vanora Hundley1 PhD, Honorary senior lecturer, vanora.hundley@stir.ac.uk Janet Tucker2 PhD, Senior research fellow, j.s.tucker@abdn.ac.uk Edwin van Teijlingen3 PhD, Reader, van.teijlingen@abdn.ac.uk Alice Kiger4 PhD, Director, a.kiger@abdn.ac.uk Jilly Ireland5 MSc, Lecturer, j.c.ireland@rgu.ac.uk Fiona Harris6 PhD, Research fellow, fiona.harris@blueyonder.co.uk Jane Farmer7 PhD, Professor, jane.farmer@uhi.ac.uk Jan Caldow8 MSc, Research fellow, j.l.caldow@abdn.ac.uk Helen Bryers9 MM, Head of midwifery, helen.bryers@haht.scot.nhs.uk 1 NMAHP Research Unit, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom. 2 Dugald Baird Centre for Research in Women's Health, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. 3 Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. 4 University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. 5 School of Nursing & Midwifery, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. 6 Community Health Science - General Practice, University of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. 7 UHI Millenium Institute, Centre for Rural Health, United Kingdom. 8 Department of General Practice & Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. 9 HNS Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom. Correspondence: V Hundley, NMAHP Research Unit, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK  Author contribution: Vanora A Hundley: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, literature review, collected data, supervised data collection, input data, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft, supplied data. Janet S Tucker: supplied data, original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts. Edwin van Teijlingen: original concept, designed the project, literature review, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts, supplied data. Alice Kiger: supplied data, original concept, designed the project, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts. Jilly C Ireland: literature review, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts, supplied data. Fiona Harris: supplied data, literature review, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts. Jane Farmer: original concept, designed the project, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts, supplied data. Jan L Caldow: supplied data, original concept, designed the project, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts. Helen Bryers: original concept, designed the project, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts, supplied data, literature review. Citation: Hundley VA, Tucker JS, van Teijlingen E, Kiger A, Ireland JC, Harris F, Farmer J, Caldow JL, Bryers H.  Midwives' competence: is it affected by working in a rural location? Rural and Remote Health 7 (online), 2007: no. 764. Available from: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 8 April 2007 Revised: 27 June 2007 Accepted: 10 August 2007