
qualifications: FRACP
contribution: original concept, designed the project, contributed to drafts, collected data
position: Director of Medicine and Critical Care

qualifications: MNsg
contribution: literature review, designed the project, collected data, contributed to drafts
position: Project manager

qualifications: PhD
contribution: collected data, contributed to drafts
position: Senior lecturer
Australia
Dr. Cathy Haigh works at the Gippsland Regional Clinical School which is part of Monash University's School of Rural Health, supporting medical students and educators during the first clinical learning years. She is interested in investigating opportunistic learning, workplace based assessment and the development of clinical reasoning.

qualifications: BSc
contribution: literature review, collected data, input data, contributed to drafts
position: Graduate student

qualifications: BSc
contribution: literature review, collected data, input data, contributed to drafts
position: Graduate student

qualifications: PhD
contribution: literature review, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts
position: Lecturer

qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, designed the project, wrote the first draft, supervised data collection
position: Professor
Australia
Research interests: Simulation-based education, qualitative research methods, simulated patient methodology, clinical communication, surgical education
Medical students’ attitudes towards rural practice post-rural placement
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Professional identity and rural workforce commitment among medical students in Japan
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The role of rurality in self-reported sleep and cognition in rural adults
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The role of rurality in self-reported sleep and cognition in rural adults
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2026 Indigenous Wellbeing Conference, 12–13 October 2026, Ngambri and Ngunnawal Country (Canberra), Australia
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Transforming Community, Regional, and Rural Healthcare, 12 & 13 October 2026, Mayo Civic Center - Rochester, MN, USA
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RMA26 – Rural Medicine Australia Conference, 21–24 October 2026, Tarndanya (Adelaide), Australia
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2026 Aeromed Conference, 28–30 October 2026, Darwin, Australia
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Rural Mental Health Conference 2026, 4–6 November 2026, Gold Coast, Australia
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16th National Rural & Remote Allied Health Conference (SARRAH), 9–11 November 2026, Coffs Harbour, Australia
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Rural GP Association Scotland (RGPAS) Annual Conference 2026, 20–22 November 2026, Inverness
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IAHA Indigenous Allied Health Australia National Conference, 30 November–2 December 2026, Boorloo (Perth), Australia
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BC Rural Health Conference, 28–30 May 2027, Victoria, BC, Canada
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5th International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, 8–10 June 2027, Larrakia Country, Garramilla (Darwin), Australia
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Regional, Rural and Remote Emergency Medicine Conference 2027 (ACEM RRR EM27), 18–20 July 2027, Lutruwita/Tasmania, Australia
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