Initial evaluation of rural programs at the Australian National University: understanding the effects of rural programs on intentions for rural and remote medical practice

Yin Huey Lee

qualifications: BComm

contribution: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, literature review, collected data, input data, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts

position: Undergraduate medical student

Australia

Amanda Barnard

qualifications: FRACGP

contribution: contributed to drafts, Supervision and input into project

position: Associate dean

Amanda Barnard is Associate Dean, Rural Clinical School, Australian National University Medical School in Canberra, Australia. She works as a GP in Braidwood, a small rural town in south-east New South Wales. While her interests include rural medical education, interprofessional learning and health service delivery, she has a particular interest in the primary care management of respiratory illness.

Cathy Owen

qualifications: MD, FRANZCP

contribution: contributed to drafts

position: Professor

Australia

Rural adult Psychiatrist and medical educator - special interest in clinical learning on placement, assessment strategies and admission interviewss