Profiles And Contributions To This Article

Advances in rural medical education in three countries: Canada, The United States and Australia

Geoffrey  Tesson

Geoffrey Tesson

qualifications: PhD

position: Senior Research Fellow

Canada

Geoff Tesson is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research at Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. His current research interests are focused on medical education for rural and remote practice.


Vernon  Curran

Prof Vernon Curran ORCID logo

qualifications: PhD

position: Director Research and Development/Associate Professor (Medical Education)

Canada


Raymond  Pong

Raymond Pong

qualifications: PhD

position: Research Director

Canada

Research Director of the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research at Laurentian University in Canada. Interested in rural health care issues such as the rural health workforce, rural health policy, telehealth, care for the aged, etc.


Roger  Strasser

Prof Roger Strasser ORCID logo

qualifications: FACRRM

position: Dean

Australia

Rural Health education, workforce and services; family medicine/general practice.


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