James Cook University's decentralised medical training model: an important part of the rural workforce pipeline in northern Australia

Dr Torres Woolley

qualifications: PhD, MPHTM

contribution: literature review, designed the project, collected data, input data, statistical analysis

position: Evaluation coordinator

Australia

Prof Tarun Sen Gupta

qualifications: MBBS, PhD, MD, FRACGP, FACRRM

contribution: literature review, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts

position: Professor

Australia

Tarun Sen Gupta is Professor of Health Professional Education and Head of the Townsville Clinical School at the James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry, North Queensland, Australia. He was in rural practice in Richmond, north-west Queensland from 1987-1993, and has worked in rural medical education since 1993. He is a Rural Generalist Training Adviser for Queensland's Rural Generalist Pathway, a board member of the Rural Doctors Association of Queensland and the Rural Doctors Foundation, and Chair of the ACRRM Assessment Committee.

Prof Richard Murray

qualifications: MBBS, MPHTM, FACRRM

contribution: original concept, contributed to drafts

position: Dean