qualifications: MD
position: Head of Region
Australia
General Practitioner with research and education background
qualifications: PhD
position: Professor of Rural Nursing
Australia
Professor Desley Hegney is a Professor of Nursing at the Research Division, Central Queensland University, Brisbane Campus She was the inaugural President of the Association for Australian Rural Nurses and was the inaugural Editor of the Australian Journal of Rural Health (1992 - 2002). Her research has concentrated on nursing workforce issues in primary health care including the first published research on the role and function of the rural nurse in Australia. She is extensively published in rural nursing workforce issues, compassion fatigue and resilience. She has also undertaken research into the role of the registered and enrolled nurse employed in general practice.
Other research into health service delivery models in rural Australia have included the effectiveness of a community health nurse in the ED to prevent re-presentations of elderly patients; infant feeding support services in rural Queensland; the effectiveness of an outreach palliative care service in rural Queensland; and the use of a triage tool to standardise triage assessment by nurses in the ED.
qualifications: PhD
position: Senior Lecturer
Australia
Nurse researcher, interested in rural health issues especially emotional health and wellbeing, emotional resilience, cancer survivorship
qualifications: MMedStat
position: Lecturer in Statistcs
Australia
Lecturer in Statistics, University of Southern Queensland (USQ) and Member, Centre for Rural and Remote Health, USQ Research interest: Quality monitoring, clinical performance indicators, outcomes from acute hospitals, patient transitions between health care providers, quantitative methods
Public oral health services for Aboriginal people living in rural and remote communities
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Elderly patient discharge to home after rehabilitation in rural Japan
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Procedural sedation and analgesia practice in New Zealand rural hospitals
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Tasmanian Rural Health Conference 2021
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Rural Paediatrics Forum 2021
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Rural Connect 2021 Canada
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WA Rural Health Conference 2021
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NRHA 44th Annual Rural Health Conference 2021, New Orleans
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Victorian Rural Health Conference 2021
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Rural and Remote Retrieval Weekend 2021
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7th Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium: Shaping the Future
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Rural Outback and Remote Paramedic Conference – ROAR2021
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BC Rural Health Conference 2021
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Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health
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2021 Rural Special Interest Group (SIG)
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RADU: Rural Anaesthesia Down Under Conference 2021
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31st Annual RDAQ Conference, Gold Coast
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Rural Doctors Association of Queensland (RDAQ) Conference 2021
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Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association Conference (AIDA20–21)
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26th WONCA Europe Conference
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46th National Institute on Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas
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ICRSLS 2021: International Conference on Rural Sociology, Life and Society
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International Rural Nursing Conference
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WONCA World Rural Health Conference 2021, Uganda
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10th EURIPA Rural Health Forum, Poland
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2021 Consortium of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (CLIC) Conference, South Africa
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2021 CRANAplus Conference
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Rural Medicine Australia 2021 conference (RMA21)
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ICRRN 2021: International Conference on Rural Remote Nursing
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WONCA World conference 2021, Abu Dhabi
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WONCA Asia Pacific Region Conference 2022, Myanmar
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6th Nordic Conference for Rural Research
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16th National Rural Health Conference, Australia
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WONCA Europe Region Conference 2022
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WONCA World Conference 2023, Australia
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