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position: Professor Emeritus
department: Faculty of Medicine
Canada
Dr. James Rourke is Professor Emeritus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. He was Dean of Medicine and Professor of Family Medicine at Memorial from 2004 to 2016. Previously, Dr. Rourke was a rural generalist family physician for 25 years in Goderich, Ontario where he was the founding Director of the Southwestern Ontario Rural & Regional Medicine Program of the University of Western Ontario and Assistant Dean, Rural & Regional Medicine. See also: www.srpc.ca/resources/Documents/PDFs/Rural-Road-Map-Report Card-EN-FINAL.pdf (Co-chair) www.aspire-to-excellence.org (Chair) www.rourkebabyrecord.ca (lead Dr. Leslie Rourke)
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Abstract 10 January 2023
Report card on access to rural health care in Canada
Commentary 12 July 2022
‘Nothing ordinary: the story of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine’: book review
Original Research 13 March 2018
Does rural generalist focused medical school and family medicine training make a difference? Memorial University of Newfoundland outcomes
Policy Report 13 March 2018
From pipelines to pathways: the Memorial experience in educating doctors for rural generalist practice
Rural Health History 28 July 2015
Rural health activism over two decades: the Wonca Working Party on Rural Practice 1992-2012
Editorial 18 November 2010
WHO Recommendations to improve retention of rural and remote health workers - important for all countries
Project Report 11 November 2005
Combined research and clinical learning make rural summer studentship program a successful model
Project Report 11 November 2005
Implementing the CanMEDSTM physician roles in rural specialist education: the multi-speciality community training network
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