The positive impact of rural medical schools on rural intern choices

Ehi Igumbor

qualifications: Masters of Public Health (MPH)

contribution: original concept, designed the project, literature review, input data, wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts

position: Lecturer

South Africa

Ehi Igumbor, MPH. Epidemiologist and Lecturer: Department of Community Medicine, University of Transkei, Umtata, South Africa.

Enoch Kwizera

qualifications: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Pharmacology

contribution: devised survey tool, supplied data, collected data, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts

position: Professor

Professor of Pharmacology in a rural school of medicine. Research interests: Rational use of medicines, Pharmacoepidemiology, Student assessment, and Medical undergraduate programme evaluation.