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Rural internships for final year students: clinical experience, education and workforce
qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, wrote the first draft, collected data
position: Director of medical education and head, general practice and rural medicine
Australia
Prof Tarun Sen Gupta is Dean and Academic Head (Acting) and Head of the Townsville Clinical School at the James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry, North Queensland, Australia. He was in rural practice in Richmond, north-west Queensland from 1987-1993, and has worked in rural medical education since 1993. He is a Rural Generalist Training Adviser for Queensland's Rural Generalist Pathway, a board member of the Rural Doctors Association of Queensland, and Chair of the ACRRM Education Council.
qualifications: MPHTM
contribution: collected data, contributed to drafts
position: Dean
qualifications: MBBS
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: Resident medical officer
Australia
Research interests: Retrieval medicine, prehospital care, trauma care
qualifications: MBBS
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: Registrar, Remote Vocational Training Scheme
Australia
I am a graduate of the James Cook University School of Medicine with a passionate interest in Indigenous, Veterans and Rural Health. Former Councillor/Director of the RACGP for 6 years and Founder of the National Faculty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. Now in private practice in Bundaberg.
qualifications: MBBS
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: Resident medical officer
Australia
2nd year medical student in Townsville, interested in being a rural GP. Involved with student rural health clubs.
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