
qualifications: MD
position: Enhanced Surgical Skills Lead
Rural Family Physician in Bella Bella, BC, a remote First Nation community. His research interests include the health service delivery models for accessing procedural care(maternity, anesthesia, surgery, trauma) for families who reside far from specialist care.

qualifications: PhD
position: Co-Director, Centre for Rural Health Research
Canada
Jude Kornelsen, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Practice (UBC) and a co-Director of the Centre for Rural Health Research. For the past 25 years she has worked towards creating, examining and sharing comprehensive evidence to support health planning for vulnerable populations, particularly in the area of rural maternity care, surgical care and transport.
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RMA26 – Rural Medicine Australia Conference, 21–24 October 2026, Tarndanya (Adelaide), Australia
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2026 Aeromed Conference, 28–30 October 2026, Darwin, Australia
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Rural Mental Health Conference 2026, 4–6 November 2026, Gold Coast, Australia
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16th National Rural & Remote Allied Health Conference (SARRAH), 9–11 November 2026, Coffs Harbour, Australia
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Rural GP Association Scotland (RGPAS) Annual Conference 2026, 20–22 November 2026, Inverness
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IAHA Indigenous Allied Health Australia National Conference, 30 November–2 December 2026, Boorloo (Perth), Australia
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BC Rural Health Conference, 28–30 May 2027, Victoria, BC, Canada
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5th International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, 8–10 June 2027, Larrakia Country, Garramilla (Darwin), Australia
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Regional, Rural and Remote Emergency Medicine Conference 2027 (ACEM RRR EM27), 18–20 July 2027, Lutruwita/Tasmania, Australia
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