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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).
Articles contributed to by this person
Editorial 14 August 2008
The future, our rural populations and climate change - a special issue of Rural and Remote Health
Editorial 14 June 2020
Surgical care at rural district hospitals in low- and middle-income countries: an essential component of universal health coverage
Editorial 3 December 2014
A new ally for the promotion of better rural health in Latin America
Editorial 11 September 2006
Health and information in Africa: the role of the journal Rural and Remote Health
Editorial 2 July 2021
Researching ‘others’
Editorial 22 April 2002
The ethics of international recruitment
Editorial 6 March 2002
Working abroad
Editorial 13 June 2020
Support nurses and midwives to strengthen healthcare systems
Original Research 25 September 2021
The impact of interpersonal relationships on rural doctors’ clinical courage
Original Research 30 October 2006
Suicide and attempted suicide: the Rehoboth experience
Original Research 18 December 2017
What are they thinking? Facilitating clinical reasoning through longitudinal patient exposure in rural practice
Original Research 6 September 2006
What interventions do South African qualified doctors think will retain them in rural hospitals of the Limpopo province of South Africa?
Original Research 17 March 2011
Rural longitudinal integrated clerkships: lessons from two programs on different continents
Original Research 7 May 2023
Developing conceptually sound items for a clinical courage questionnaire
Original Research 6 October 2005
Management of district hospitals - exploring success
Review Article 12 June 2009
A critical review of interventions to redress the inequitable distribution of healthcare professionals to rural and remote areas
Review Article 6 March 2018
Transformation of medical education through Decentralised Training Platforms: a scoping review
Project Report 16 August 2014
Addressing the shortage of health professionals in South Africa through the development of a new cadre of health worker: the creation of Clinical Associates
Project Report 24 October 2005
The Neonatal Resuscitation Training Project in Rural South Africa
Conference Report 21 May 2004
Reframing the HIV/AIDS debate in developing countries I: setting the scene
Conference Report 8 July 2013
Transforming rural health systems through clinical academic leadership: lessons from South Africa
Conference Report 29 September 2005
The most rural conference?
Personal View 15 April 2004
Seeking quality: some experiences in South Africa
Personal View 10 June 2003
Recruiting foreign doctors to South Africa: difficulties and dilemmas
Personal View 7 May 2003
Rural hospital focus: staffing
Personal View 20 May 2003
Rural hospital focus: No transport, no primary health care
Personal View 17 June 2003
Rural hospital focus: accommodation
Personal View 4 July 2003
Rural hospital focus: students
Personal View 17 July 2003
Rural hospital focus: defining rural
Personal View 24 July 2003
Rural health focus: organising CPD for rural hospitals
Rural Health History 28 July 2015
Rural health activism over two decades: the Wonca Working Party on Rural Practice 1992-2012
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BC Rural Health Conference, 2–4 June 2023, Whistler, BC, Canada
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49th Annual Arizona Rural Health Conference, 6–7 June 2023, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
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National Centre for Remote and Rural Medicine Conference 2023, 7–8 June 2023, Penrith, Cumbria, UK
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International Conference on Rural Remote Nursing and Rural Health (ICRRNRH), 15–16 June 2023, Tokyo, Japan
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Annual Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health, 14–16 June 2023, Bismarck, ND, USA
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9th Rural & Remote Health Scientific Symposium, 20 & 21 June 2023, Canberra, Australia
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Annual National Rural Institute on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictions, 25–29 June 2023, Menomonie, WI, USA
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WONCA CIMF VIII Regional Congress, 29 June–2 July 2023, Punta Cana, República Dominicana
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International Conference on Rural Nursing and Rural Health (ICRNRH 2023), 6–7 July 2023, Bali, Indonesia
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International Conference on Rural Nursing and Healthcare (ICRNH 2023), 17–18 July 2023, Berlin, Germany
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Bi-Annual International Rural Nursing Conference, 26–28 July 2023, Johnson City, TN, USA
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Ohio Rural Health Conference, 3–4 August 2023, Ada, OH, USA
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2023 Consortium of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (CLIC) Conference, 19–24 September 2023, Spokane, Washington, USA
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12th EURIPA Rural Health Forum, 19–21 October 2023, Călimănești-Căciulata, Romania
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Rural Medicine Australia Conference (RMA2023), 18–21 October 2023, nipaluna, lutruwita (Hobart, Tasmania), Australia
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LIME Connection Conference X, 23–26 October 2023, Ngunnawal Country (Canberra), Australia
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The Network: Towards Unity For Health (TUFH 2023), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 23–26 October 2023
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WONCA World Conference, 26–29 October 2023, Sydney, Australia
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Rural Mental Health Conference (RMHC), 8–10 November 2023, Albury, Australia
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