qualifications: MBBS GDOHS GC Ag Health & Med MPH MPhil MClinEd DrPH MD FAFPHM FRACMA
position: Executive Director Medical Services
department: Health
Scott Kitchener is a public health physician, general practitioner and medical administrator. He established the director of rural medicine role on the Darling Downs, established and led Queensland Rural Medical Education which developed vertical integration of rural medical education involving student, prevoc and rural GP registrar programs and founded the rural clinical program of the Griffith Medical Doctorate program, the Rural Longlook Program. He has practiced at Clifton for 10 years, lectures in public health in the Griffith Department of Public Health and continues to practice in regional medical administration.
Research Letter 4 August 2021
COVID-19 in endangered Indigenous groups from the Amazonia, Ecuador
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Experiences of rural Australian men with online SMART Recovery mutual-help groups
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Attraction and retention of nurses in rural, remote and isolated locations
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Obstetric outcomes across US urban and rural hospitals
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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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