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Management of district hospitals - exploring success
qualifications: MFamMed
contribution: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, literature review, collected data, wrote the first draft
position: Professor of Rural Health
South Africa
Professor Ian Couper is Head of the Division of Rural Health (Ukwanda) and Professor of Rural Health at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. A trained family physician, he spent nine years practising in a remote rural hospital in northern KwaZuluNatal province, and then 16 years working in primary care and health service development in rural North West province. He held the first chair of rural health at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). He has chaired both the Rural Doctors Association of Southern Africa (RuDASA) and the Wonca Working Party on Rural Practice (WONCA Rural).
qualifications: MFamMed
contribution: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts
position: Associate Professor
Family physician, educator interested in service learning, rural health, equity, consultation, management of health services, district health care
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