Rural and Remote Health

www.rrh.org.au
James Cook University ISSN 1445-6354

Commentary

The Murtupuni Statement on rural generalist professional practice in Australia

AUTHORS

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Richard B Hays1 FRCGP, Remote Health and Medicine *

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Ruth N Barker2 Adjunct Professor ORCID logo

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Alice Cairns1 Research Fellow ORCID logo

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Vanessa L Sparke3 Senior Lecturer ORCID logo

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Ruth A Stewart4 DRANZCOGadv, National Rural Health Commissioner

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Sharon Varela1 Senior Lecturer ORCID logo

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Bonnie E Collins5 Project Officer

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Catherine Maloney5 A/CEO ORCID logo

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Rodney Omond6 Deputy Chair

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Tarun Sen Gupta4 FACRRM, Head of Clinical School ORCID logo

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Sarah Chalmers7 FACRRM

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Hwee Sin Chong8 Executive Director

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Kylie McKenna Public Health Nurse

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Kristie Forrest9 Manager Rural Pathway and Rural Generalist Training

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Erica West10

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Jennie Matthews11

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Rosalie Ballard

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Sara Drum12 BPhty, Physiotherapist

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Gabrielle Sabatino13

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Jodie Turvey14 Nurse Educator

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Jo Symons15 Executive Manager Strategy & Partnerships

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Andrew Quabba16 GradCertHlthSc, Executive Director Allied Health

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Jodi Brown1 MACN, Senior Lecturer, Nursing

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Katherine Logan

AFFILIATIONS

1 Murtupuni Centre for Rural and Remote Health, James Cook University, Mount Isa, Qld 4825, Australia

2 College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Nguma-bada Campus, Cairns, Qld 4878, Australia

3 Nursing and Midwifery, James Cook University, Cairns, Qld 4878, Australia

4 College of Medicine & Dentistry, College of Medicine & Dentistry, James Cook University, Thursday Island, Qld 4875, Australia

5 Services for Australian Rural & Remote Allied Health (SARRAH), Barton, ACT 2600, Australia

6 Rural Education Committee, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Australia

7 Joyce Palmer Health Service, Palm Island, Qld 4816, Australia

8 Queensland Rural Medical Service, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia

9 Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Albion, Qld 4010, Australia

10 Gidgee Healing, Mount Isa, Qld 4825, Australia

11 Queensland Ambulance Service, North West, Qld, Australia

12 Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Alice Springs, NT 0870, Australia

13 Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, Cairns, Qld 4870, Australia

14 Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia

15 Health Workforce Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia

16 Allied Health, North West Hospital and Health Service, Mount Isa, Qld 4825, Australia

ACCEPTED: 16 September 2024