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Alan  Bruce Chater

Prof Alan Chater ORCID logo

qualifications: MBBS, FACRRM, FRACGP, DRANZCOG Adv

position: Head

department: Mayne Academy of Rural and Remote Medicine

Dr Chater has been a rural practitioner in rural Australia for 42 years. He was the founding convenor of the Rural Doctors Associations of Queensland and Australia as well as the National Rural Health Alliance. He has been President of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine. He is Chair of the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice and Head of Discipline Rural and Remote Medicine, University of Queensland. He has a keen interest in Rural Health Policy as it effects rural communities as well as the clinical aspects of rural practice.


Articles contributed to by this person


Original Research 4 February 2024

Shaping the future rural healthcare landscape: perspectives of young healthcare professionals


Original Research 18 November 2023

Exploring the ideas of young healthcare professionals from selected countries regarding rural proofing


Commentary 10 January 2023

The Limerick Declaration on Rural Health Care 2022


Abstract 10 January 2023

Rural health frontiers: exploring insights, lessons, and priority actions identified through a global 40-speaker webinar series on rural health equity


Abstract 10 January 2023

Valuing rural hospitals – the Australian experience


Original Research 6 March 2012

A decade of Australian Rural Clinical School graduates - where are they and why?


Original Research 2 September 2005

Evaluation of the ACRRM National Radiology Program for Australian Rural and Remote Medical Practitioners


Original Research 2 August 2004

Evaluation of nine pilot obstetric ultrasound education workshops for Australian rural and remote doctors

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