Special issue with Education for Health

Two international journals, Education for Health and Rural and Remote Health, have joined forces to publish a joint edition focusing on rural and remote health education initiatives. Ten peer-reviewed articles have been chosen from a large pool of submissions. The articles can be found at either Rural and Remote Health or Education for Health and will be published in hard copy by Education for Health. Together, they provide an international snapshot of innovation in this field.

If collaboration can be achieved by two high profile journals, just imagine what could be achieved if more organisations decided to join forces! An editorial by Art Kaufman, written especially for this joint edition, explores such opportunities. Many thanks to the staff and reviewers from both journals who have worked so selflessly to see this work come to fruition. Enjoy the articles and keep up your own good work!

The ten articles plus two editorials that make up this joint issue are listed below:

Editorials

The Network: Towards Unity for Health, building a 'Star Alliance' among kindred organizations

Special issue in collaboration with 'Education for Health': on this joint issue

Project Reports

Seeing, thinking and acting against Malaria: a new approach to health worker training for community empowerment in rural Gambia

The rural physician associate program: new directions in eduction for competency

Combined research and clinical learning make rural summer studentship program a successful model

Educational and health services innovation to improve care for rural Hispanic communities in the USA

Evaluation of a required statewide interdisciplinary rural health education program: student attitudes, career intents and perceived quality

Implementing the CanMEDS^TM physician roles in rural specialist education: the multi-speciality community training network

Original Research

Advances in rural medical education in three countries: Canada, The United States and Australia

Student-developed problem-based learning cases: preparing for rural healthcare practice

Review Article

The impact of medical students on rural general practitioner perceptors

Short Communication

The education part of telehealth