qualifications: FACS, FASCRS
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Director of Centre for Global Surgery
qualifications: MBChB
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Global Surgery Fellow, Operation Smile
qualifications: MMed (FamMed)
contribution: Acquisition of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
qualifications: MMed (FamMed)
contribution: Acquisition of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Specialist Family Physician
South Africa
I am trained as a Family physician, who worked for 10 years in a remote rural district hospital in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. I am currently the Specialist Family Physician for the Amathole District Clinical Specialist Team, Eastern Cape, South Africa. I am passionate about providing quality medical care to those in a rural environment, as well as seeking to understand the issues that impact these communities (eg poverty, unemployment, etc). I am interested in HIV/AIDs, TB, maternal and child health, teaching of primary health care, and the training of health care providers.
qualifications: MMed (FamMed)
contribution: Acquisition of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Rural Clinical School MBChB Program Coordinator
South Africa
I am a family physician and the program coordinator of the Worcester Rural Clinical School in South Africa. For 12 years I practiced as a rural generalist doctor in a 70 bed hospital and in 2013 I joined the Worcester Rural Clinical School team. In 2017 I took over the coordination of the longitudinal integrated clerkship and the rotation based program at the RCS. I am a bi-lateral amputee and I enjoy hiking, mountain biking and swimming in the sea. I am currently involved with: A research project tracking of the WRCS graduates and documenting their intentions to practice rural or in urban settings.
qualifications: BCMP
contribution: Acquisition of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Clinical Associate
qualifications: MFamMed, PhD
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Chair of Primary Health Care
South Africa
Interested in rural medical education, community-based education, workforce issues, and medical humanities.
qualifications: MFamMed, FCFP(SA)
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Professor and Director
South Africa
Professor Ian Couper is Director of the Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health 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).
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13th EURIPA Rural Health Forum, 20–22 June 2024, Lincoln, UK
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International Conference on Rural Nursing and Rural Health (ICRNRH), 15–16 July 2024, Bali, Indonesia
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The Australasian College of Dermatologists 8th Rural Dermatology Meeting, 6–8 September 2024, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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UBUNTU 2024: People, Place, and Policy for Community Wellness, 10–13 September 2024, Cape Town, South Africa
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23rd International Balint Congress, 9–13 September 2024, Boulder, CO, USA
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17th National Rural Health Conference, 16–18 September 2024, Perth, WA, Australia
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15th National Rural & Remote Allied Health Conference (SARRAH), 21–23 October 2024, Mildura, Australia
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RMA24, 23–26 October 2024, Darwin, NT, Australia
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International Conference on Rural Nursing and Rural Health (ICRNRH), 28–29 October 2024, Lisbon, Portugal
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15th National Rural & Remote Allied Health Conference: Going the distance, 21–23 October 2024, Mildura, Vic., Australia
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11th Biennial Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2024, 2–6 December 2024, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
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