Sustaining rural interprofessional initiatives in the current landscape: A short report on interprofessional education in rural health services in Queensland
Corresponding Author
Priya Martin PhD
Allied Health Education and Training, Cunningham Centre, Darling Downs Health, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Rural Clinical School, The University of Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Correspondence
Priya Martin, Allied Health Education and Training, Cunningham Centre, Darling Downs Health, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorAnne Hill PhD
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorNicky Graham BSpPath
Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Wondai, QLD, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorGeoff Argus MPsych (Clin)
Southern Queensland Rural Health, The University of Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
School of Psychology and Counselling, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Contribution: Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorMartelle Ford BSc (Hons)
Allied Health Education and Training, Cunningham Centre, Darling Downs Health, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
School of Psychology and Counselling, Centre of Health Research, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield, QLD, Australia
Contribution: Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Priya Martin PhD
Allied Health Education and Training, Cunningham Centre, Darling Downs Health, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Rural Clinical School, The University of Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Correspondence
Priya Martin, Allied Health Education and Training, Cunningham Centre, Darling Downs Health, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorAnne Hill PhD
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorNicky Graham BSpPath
Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Wondai, QLD, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorGeoff Argus MPsych (Clin)
Southern Queensland Rural Health, The University of Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
School of Psychology and Counselling, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Contribution: Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorMartelle Ford BSc (Hons)
Allied Health Education and Training, Cunningham Centre, Darling Downs Health, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
School of Psychology and Counselling, Centre of Health Research, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield, QLD, Australia
Contribution: Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
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The authors do not have any conflicts of interest to report.
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