Profiles And Contributions To This Article

GP surgeons: what are they? An audit of GP surgeons in South Australia

Benjamin Abbot

qualifications: FACRRM/FRACGP

contribution: original concept, collected data, literature review, wrote the first draft

position: Medical education coordinator/Rural GP surgeon

Australia

GP surgeon/ obstetrician Interested in rural procedural issues

Caroline Laurence

qualifications: PhD

contribution: devised survey tool, designed the project, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts

position: Manager, research & development

Australia

Caroline Laurence is a Senior Research Fellow based in the Discipline of General Practice at the University of Adelaide. She also works part time as Research and Development Manager at the Adelaide to Outback GP Training Program. She completed her PhD in 2008. Her reserch intersts include rural medical workforce, health policy, chronic disease management and primary health care.