Profiles And Contributions To This Article

Evaluation of the ACRRM National Radiology Program for Australian Rural and Remote Medical Practitioners

qualifications: MPH&TropMed

contribution: original concept, designed the project, statistical analysis, devised survey tool, wrote the first draft, collected data, statistical analysis, input data

position: Radiology and Ultrasound Program Manager

Australia

My current position is Director, Secretariat Maternity Services Steering Committee, Qld Health. I previosuly worked at the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine as the Program Manager for the Radiology and Obstetric Ultrasound Program for rural and remote Australian doctors, and Program Manager for the Procedural Medicine Program. My research area of interest is "Continuing Professional Development, Medical Education and Quality Assurance of Rural and Remote Medical Practitioners". I recently completed my Doctor of Public Health through James Cook University.

A/Prof Alan Chater

qualifications: MBBS

contribution: contributed to drafts

position: Rural General Practitioner and President ACRRM

Australia

Dr Chater has been a rural practitioner in rural Australia for 38 years. He was the founding convenor of the Rural Doctors Associations of Queensland and Australia as well as the National Rural Health Alliance. He has been President of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine. He is Secretary of the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice and Head of Discipline Rural and Remote Medcine, University of Queensland. He has a keen interest in Rural Health Policy as it effects rural communities as well as the clinical aspects of rural practice.