Commentary

The Murtupuni Statement on rural generalist professional practice in Australia

AUTHORS

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Richard B Hays
1 FRCGP, Remote Health and Medicine *

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Ruth N Barker
2 Adjunct Professor ORCID logo

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Alice Cairns
1 Research Fellow ORCID logo

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Vanessa L Sparke
3 Senior Lecturer ORCID logo

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Ruth A Stewart
4 DRANZCOGadv, Director of Medical Services Eastern Sector

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Sharon Varela
1 Senior Lecturer ORCID logo

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Bonnie E Collins
5 Project Officer

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Catherine Maloney
5 A/CEO ORCID logo

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Rodney Omond
6 Deputy Chair

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Tarun Sen Gupta
7 FACRRM, Head of Clinical School ORCID logo

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Sarah Chalmers
8 FACRRM

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Hwee Sin Chong
9 Executive Director

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Kylie McKenna
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Kristie Forrest
10 Manager Rural Pathway and Rural Generalist Training

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Erica West
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Jennie Matthews
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Rosalie Ballard

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Sara Drum
13 BPhty, Physiotherapist

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Gabrielle Sabatino
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Jodie Turvey
15 Nurse Educator

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Jo Symons
16 Executive Manager Strategy & Partnerships

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Andrew Quabba
17 GradCertHlthSc, Executive Director Allied Health

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Jodi Brown
1 MACN, Senior Lecturer, Nursing ORCID logo

AFFILIATIONS

1 Murtupuni Centre for Rural and Remote Health, James Cook University, Mount Isa, Qld 4825, Australia

2 College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Nguma-bada Campus, Cairns, Qld 4878, Australia

3 Nursing and Midwifery, James Cook University, Cairns, Qld 4878, Australia

4 South West Hospital and Health Services, Queensland Health, Roma, Qld 4455, Australia

5 Services for Australian Rural & Remote Allied Health (SARRAH), Barton, ACT 2600, Australia

6 Rural Education Committee, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Australia

7 College of Medicine & Dentistry, College of Medicine & Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia

8 Joyce Palmer Health Service, Palm Island, Qld 4816, Australia

9 Queensland Rural Medical Service, Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia

10 Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Albion, Qld 4010, Australia

11 Gidgee Healing, Mount Isa, Qld 4825, Australia

12 Queensland Ambulance Service, North West, Qld, Australia

13 Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Alice Springs, NT 0870, Australia

14 Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, Cairns, Qld 4870, Australia

15 Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia

16 Health Workforce Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia

17 Allied Health, North West Hospital and Health Service, Mount Isa, Qld 4825, Australia

ACCEPTED: 16 September 2024