
qualifications: PhD
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: MEDD Site Director Years 1 & 2
Dr. Sean Maurice is Assistant Dean of the Northern Medical Program (a rurally focused satellite campus of UBC Medicine), and Assistant Professor in the Division of Medical Sciences at the University of Northern British Columbia. He is a 3M National Teaching Fellow (2022 recipient). He is the provincial lead for the Healthcare Travelling Roadshow: an initiative that has been bringing multidisciplinary groups of healthcare students to rural communities to present to youth on healthcare careers, since 2010 (https://www2.unbc.ca/healthcare-travelling-roadshow). His research interests include: rural distributed health professions education; and university-high school outreach and community engagement to build the rural health workforce. He gratefully acknowledges that the land on which he lives, works and plays is the ancestral and unceded territory of the Lheidli T’enneh

qualifications: BHSc
contribution: Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Medical Student

qualifications: MD
contribution: Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Surgery Resident

qualifications: BHSc PT, MSc
contribution: Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
position: Senior Instructor
Canada
Physiotherapist; interests include: interprofessional practice in rural communities; primary health care; education of health professionals; rehabilitation service delivery in remote regions.

qualifications: MD, PhD
contribution: Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
position: Senior Lab Instructor

qualifications: BBA
contribution: Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
position: Communications Officer

contribution: Study conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
position: Councillor District of Clearwater

qualifications: BA
contribution: Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
position: Communications Manager

qualifications: MBChB, PhD
contribution: Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
position: Site Director

qualifications: MD
contribution: Study conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
position: Physician and Chief of Staff

qualifications: MBChB, MD
contribution: Study conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision
position: Rural Doctor’s UBC Chair in Rural Health
Canada
Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia Northern Medical Program
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21st WONCA World Rural Health Conference 2026, Aotearoa New Zealand
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24th Annual Rural Health Clinic Conference, 15 & 16 September 2026, Kansas City, MO, USA
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39th Annual AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, 8–11 February 2026, San Antonio, TX, USA
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SARGA 2026, Rural Generalist Anaesthetist Conference, 12–14 February 2026, Barossa Valley, South Australia
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Indigenous Wellbeing Conference 2026, 18–20 February 2026, Enoch, Canada
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Alliance of Rural & Regional Community Health 2026 Conference, 12 & 13 March 2026, Ballarat, Australia
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WA Rural Health Conference 2026, 14 & 15 March 2026, Perth, Australia
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Preventive Mental Health Conference 2026, Parramatta, Dharug Country, Australia, 24 & 25 March 2026
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2026 RMTC Annual Meeting-Charting the Course: Superior Approaches in Rural Medical Education, 8–10 April 2026, Duluth, MN, USA
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21st WONCA World Rural Health Conference, 10–13 April 2026, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
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33rd Annual Rural and Remote Medicine Conference, 16–18 April 2026, Centre des Congrès de Québec, Quebec City, Canada
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33rd Annual Rural and Remote Medicine Conference, 16–18 April 2026, Quebec City, Canada
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4th EURACT Medical Education Conference, 23–25 April 2026, Iasi, Romania
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29th Annual Michigan Rural Health Conference, 23 & 25 April 2026, Mt Pleasant, MI, USA
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2026 Annual Emergency Medicine with Rural and Indigenous Communities Gathering, 27–30 April 2026, Portland, OR, USA
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2026 Remote Nursing & Midwifery Conference, 11–13 May 2026, Boorloo (Perth), Australia
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2026 31st NRHA Health Access Conference, 18 & 19 May 2026, San Diego, CA, USA
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2026 Rural Medical Education Conference, 19 May 2026, San Diego, CA, USA
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49th Annual NRHA Rural Health Conference, 19–22 May 2026, San Diego, CA, USA
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British Columbia Rural Health Conference, 29–31 May 2026, Prince George, BC, Canada
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2026 Rural Health and Cancer Conference, 2–4 June 2026, Burlington, VT, USA
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2026 Annual National Rural Institute on Alcohol, Drugs, and Addictions, 7–11 June 2026, Menomonie, WI, USA
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11th Health Promotion Conference, 10–12 June 2026, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Harstad, Norway
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51st Annual National Rural Social Work Conference, 15–18 July 2026, Hopkinsville, KY, USA
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IX Congreso Iberoamericano de Medicina Familiar / Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, 22–25 July 2026, Asunción, Paraguay
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9th WONCA Africa Region Conference 2026, 10 & 11 September 2026, Gaborone, Botswana
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18th National Rural Health Conference, 14–16 September 2026, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference 2026, 17–19 September 2026, Kirikiriroa (Hamilton), New Zealand
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2026 NAATSIHWP National Conference, 21–23 September 2026, Naarm (Melbourne), Australia
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53rd Annual NARMH Conference, 27–29 September 2026, Santa Fe, NM, USA
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15th EURIPA Rural Health Forum, 1–3 October 2026, Cartagena, Spain
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2026 Indigenous Wellbeing Conference, 12–13 October 2026, Ngambri and Ngunnawal Country (Canberra), Australia
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Transforming Community, Regional, and Rural Healthcare, 12 & 13 October 2026, Mayo Civic Center - Rochester, MN, USA
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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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IAHA Indigenous Allied Health Australia National Conference, 30 November–2 December 2026, Boorloo (Perth), Australia
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5th International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, 8–10 June 2027, Larrakia Country, Darwin, NT, Australia
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