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Who attracts whom to rural general practice? Variation in temperament and character profiles of GP registrars across different vocational training pathways
qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, literature review, wrote the first draft
position: Associate Professor
Australia
health workforce, medical education, personality, behaviour, research ethics, research training, career choice
qualifications: PhD
position: Associate Professor
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.
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