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A national study into the rural and remote pharmacist workforce
qualifications: EdD
contribution: designed the project, wrote the first draft
position: Director
Australia
Janie Dade Smith is Professor of Innovations in Medical Education at Bond University. She is the previous President of CRANAplus the peak body for all remote health. Janie was previously Director of RhED Consulting Pty Ltd. She is a health educationalist who has worked extensively in rural and remote Australia across all health disciplines and a board range of government and non government sectors. She is author of Australia's rural, remote and Indigenous health, the 3rd edition was published in 2016 by Elsevier Australia. Her particular areas of interest are: innovative education, remote health, interprofessional education, rural and remote workforce issues, curriculum development and Indigenous health.
qualifications: PhD
contribution: statistical analysis, contributed to drafts
position: Data manager
Australia
qualifications: PhD
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: Director
Professor Craig Veitch was the inaugural Chair of Rural Health at James Cook University, Queensland from 2000 to 2007. In December 2007, he became the inaugural Professor of Community Based Health Care at The University of Sydney and the Director of the Centre for Community Based Health Care at Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney. His research interests include health care behaviour and decision making, health services research, road crashes, cancer, health workforce in rural areas, community based rehabilitation, and outreach rehabilitation services.
qualifications: PhD
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: Lecturer
Australia
Lisa Pont is a registered pharmacist and Senior lecturer in pharmacology and clinical pharmacy, in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Sydney. Tasmania. Lisa has a PhD in Clinical Pharmacology from the University of Groningen in The Netherlands. Her main research area is using drug use data to promote quality use of medicines with a focus on quality of care for elderly persons. She has a keen interest in all aspects of geriatric pharmacy, drug use patterns quality improvement and pharmacoepidemiology.
qualifications: MPharmSc
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: Director
Australia
i am a clinical pharmacist that has been practicing in the Northern Territory since 1998. my research interests include: 1. improving access to care for people living in rural and remote settings through service redesign. 2. getting evidence into practice. 3. manageing and implementing change. 4. how effective clinical leadership can faciliate improvements in patient care.
qualifications: PhD
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: Director
Australia
I have been involved in the development, management and evaluation of health service programs since 1994.My key interest is the development of health service delivery to remote areas, with particular emphasis on developing intersectoral linkages. I am based in Townsville, North Queensland.
qualifications: MBA
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: Chief executive officer
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