Understanding how emergency medicine physicians survive and thrive in rural practice: a theoretical model

Ashra Kolhatkar

qualifications: MPH

contribution: Study conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data

contribution: devised survey tool, literature review, collected data, wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts, designed the project, qualitative data analysis

position: Research Coordinator

Andrea Keesey

qualifications: MA

contribution: original concept, designed the project, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts, qualitative data analysis

position: Director

Dr Bob Bluman

qualifications: MD

contribution: original concept, designed the project, contributed to drafts

position: Executive Medical Director

Dr Brenna Lynn

qualifications: PhD

contribution: original concept, designed the project, contributed to drafts

position: Associate Dean of Continuing Professional Development

Tandi Wilkinson

qualifications: MD

contribution: original concept, designed the project, collected data, contributed to drafts

position: Associate Medical Director

Tandi Wilkinson is a rural generalist physician who currently practices rural emergency medicine in the Canadian north. She also works as an Associate Medical Director with the University of British Columbia's Rural Continuing Professional Development Program, leading the development and delivery of innovative rural medical educational programs.