Can medical students learn specialist disciplines based in rural practice: lessons from students' self reported experience and competence

Prof Paul Worley

qualifications: PhD

contribution: original concept, collected data, wrote the first draft

position: Director, Flinders University Rural Clinical School

Australia

Emeritus Professor Paul Worley, Executive Director of Clinical Innovation at the Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, former Australian Rural Health Commissioner and former Dean of the School of Medicine at Flinders University, is the Editor-in-Chief of Rural and Remote Health. Paul is a practicing rural doctor and, as Editor, shapes and guides the journal, oversees the review process and supports and advises authors, taking an active interest in the progress of each article in production.

Prof Roger Strasser

qualifications: FACRRM

contribution: contributed to drafts

position: Dean

Australia

Rural Health education, workforce and services; family medicine/general practice.

David Prideaux

qualifications: PhD

contribution: supervised data collection

position: Professor of Medical Education

Australia

David Prideaux is Professor of Medical Education and Head of the Department of Medical Education at Flinders University in Adelaide. His major interests are in curriculum design anfd evaluation and innovation in medical education. His research focus is in decision-making models for educational change.