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.
Original Research 4 February 2024
Original Research 18 November 2023
Commentary 10 January 2023
Abstract 10 January 2023
Abstract 10 January 2023
Original Research 6 March 2012
Original Research 2 September 2005
Original Research 2 August 2004
Discharge against medical advice in rural and remote emergency departments
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Retention of early-career GPs as independent specialists in former training practices
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Clinical outcomes in patients hospitalised with dysmagnesemia in the NT
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Examining workplace safety for remote area nurses in Australia
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Rural GP Association of Scotland (RGPAS) Annual Conference #RGPAS24, 15–17 November 2024, Inverness, Scotland
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11th Biennial Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2024, 2–6 December 2024, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
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Te Tāreitanga: Evolving understanding of health workforce research, 9 December 2024, Dunedin, NZ, and online
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4th International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2025, 16–19 June 2025, Adelaide Convention Centre, Kaurna Country, Australia
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