Dr Garry Nixon

qualifications: FRNZCGP(dist.) FDRHMNZ

contribution: wrote the first draft

position: Senior lecturer

Rural hospital medicine

Katharina Blattner

qualifications: FRNZCGP FDRHMNZ

contribution: contributed to drafts

position: Senior lecturer

Kati works as a rural doctor (General Practice and Rural Hospital Medicine)based at Rawene Hospital in Hokianga, NZ. She has a Senior Lecturer position with the University of Otago for the Postgraduate Rural programme and Pacific Nation liaison.

Martyn Williamson

qualifications: FRNZCGP

contribution: contributed to drafts

position: Senior lecturer

Senior Lecturer Department of General Practice and Rural Health, Dunedin School of Medicine. Interests in rural undergraduate education, rural hospital services

Patrick McHugh

qualifications: FDRHMNZ

contribution: contributed to drafts

position: Clinical leader, Division Rural Hospital Medicine

Currently living and working in Gisborne, NZ. Working in a number of roles: part time provincial hospital Emergency Department and General Practice whilst also teaching in a final year undergraduate interprofessional education programme and first year GP programme. Research interests include integrative medicine, non-pharmacological approaches to health and interprofessional education.

James Reid

qualifications: FDRHMNZ

contribution: contributed to drafts

position: Chair Board of Studies