Lived experiences and insights into the advantages important to rural recruitment and retention of general practitioners

Assoc Prof Daniel Terry

qualifications: PhD

contribution: collected data, contributed to drafts

position: Lecturer in Nursing

Australia

Daniel, BN MntlHlth, MBA, PhD RN, has extensive post-doctoral research experience on rural health, rural workforce, and chronic-ill health. With a background in nursing, his research interest research interests encompass the overarching generalist theme of Rural Health. His research includes are rural health workforce which incorporates nursing student career trajectory, rural medical, nursing and pharmacy employment and profession longevity, while also examining workforce grit and improving workforce learning through communities of practice. In addition, he continues to examine ways to improve rural paediatric injury and paediatric asthma outcomes, while focusing on rural healthcare access and patient decision making in emergencies.

Hoang Nguyen

qualifications: PhD

contribution: statistical analysis, wrote the first draft

position: Associate Lecturer

Prof David Schmitz

qualifications: MD

contribution: original concept, devised survey tool, contributed to drafts

position: Professor

United States

Professor and Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. 2017 President, National Rural Health Association. Family physician with research interests in medical education, workforce studies and rural health care.

Prof Ed Baker

qualifications: PhD

contribution: original concept, devised survey tool, contributed to drafts

position: Professor

United States

Ed Baker, PhD, is the Director of the Center for Health Policy at Boise State University and is an Professor in the Department of Community and Environmental Health in the College of Health Sciences. He has over 20 years of experience in healthcare working with hospitals, physicians, state agencies and academic institutions. Dr. Baker's areas of interest include healthcare policy, rural workforce planning, healthcare financing and performance improvement. He currently serves on the Board of the Idaho Rural Health Association and holds the position of Treasurer.