James Cook University MBBS graduate intentions and intern destinations: a comparative study with other Queensland and Australian medical schools

Prof Tarun Sen Gupta

qualifications: MBBS, PhD

contribution: supervised data collection, contributed to drafts, wrote the first draft

position: Director of Medical Education

Australia

Tarun Sen Gupta is Professor of Health Professional Education and Head of the Townsville Clinical School at the James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry, North Queensland, Australia. He was in rural practice in Richmond, north-west Queensland from 1987-1993, and has worked in rural medical education since 1993. He is a Rural Generalist Training Adviser for Queensland's Rural Generalist Pathway, an executive member of the Rural Doctors Association of Queensland and the RDAQ Foundation, and Chair of the ACRRM Assessment Committee.

Richard Murray

qualifications: MBBS, MPHTM

contribution: statistical analysis, contributed to drafts

position: Head of School

Prof Richard Hays

qualifications: MBBS, PhD, MD

contribution: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool

position: Dean

Australia

medical education, rural health care, workforce

Torres Woolley

qualifications: PhD, MPHTM

contribution: collected data, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts

position: Evaluation coordinator

Australia