Rural placements are effective for teaching medicine in Australia: evaluation of a cohort of students studying in rural placements

Hudson Birden

qualifications: MPH

contribution: literature review, designed the project, collected data, statistical analysis

position: Senior leccturer

Australia

Research Interests: Medical education through long term placements/clerkships infectious diseases epidemiology public health history of health and disease

Ian Wilson

qualifications: PhD

contribution: original concept, designed the project, contributed to drafts, devised survey tool

position: Associate head of school, Professor of medical education

Australia

Ian Wilson is Associate3 Dean learning and Teaching at the Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong. He has research interests in medical student selection and development and longitucdinal curricula.