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qualifications: MBBS, FACRRM, FRACGP, DRANZCOG Adv
position: Head
department: Mayne Academy of Rural and Remote Medicine
Dr Chater has been a rural practitioner in rural Australia for 42 years. He was the founding convenor of the Rural Doctors Associations of Queensland and Australia as well as the National Rural Health Alliance. He has been President of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine. He is Chair of the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice and Head of Discipline Rural and Remote Medicine, University of Queensland. He has a keen interest in Rural Health Policy as it effects rural communities as well as the clinical aspects of rural practice.
Articles contributed to by this person
Policy Report 20 November 2024
Politics, policy and action: lessons from rural GP advocacy in Ireland
Original Research 4 February 2024
Shaping the future rural healthcare landscape: perspectives of young healthcare professionals
Original Research 18 November 2023
Exploring the ideas of young healthcare professionals from selected countries regarding rural proofing
Commentary 10 January 2023
The Limerick Declaration on Rural Health Care 2022
Abstract 10 January 2023
Rural health frontiers: exploring insights, lessons, and priority actions identified through a global 40-speaker webinar series on rural health equity
Abstract 10 January 2023
Valuing rural hospitals – the Australian experience
Original Research 6 March 2012
A decade of Australian Rural Clinical School graduates - where are they and why?
Original Research 2 September 2005
Evaluation of the ACRRM National Radiology Program for Australian Rural and Remote Medical Practitioners
Original Research 2 August 2004
Evaluation of nine pilot obstetric ultrasound education workshops for Australian rural and remote doctors
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