Scotland's GP Rural Fellowship: an initiative that has impacted on rural recruitment and retention

Ronald MacVicar

qualifications: FRCGP

contribution: wrote the first draft, original concept, devised survey tool, supervised data collection

position: Director of postgraduate GP education

United Kingdom

Director of Postgraduate GP Education, North Region of NHS Education for Scotland

Gillian Clarke

qualifications: MRCGP

contribution: contributed to drafts

position: Rural Fellowship coordinator

United Kingdom

Rural GP and trainer Co-ordinator for the Remote and Rural fellowship for GPs

Dr David Hogg

qualifications: MRCGP

contribution: contributed to drafts

position: Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer

United Kingdom

Portfolio GP in East Lothian, Scotland. Formerly a Rural GP on the Isle of Arran from 2010-2019, and former chair of the Rural GP Association of Scotland. Interests in recruitment/retention, undergraduate teaching, respiratory medicine, young people's health. Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer (Medicine) at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow.