Adjunct Professor Janice Bell is a GP and CEO of WA GP Education and Training. WAGPET coordinates the rural practice pathway (RPP) in WA with the guidance of the RCSWA, WA Country Health Services and Rural Health West. She is a generalist in all things as evidenced by her career, qualifications and passion for building the respect and recognition so deserving for those on the front line of our health care service. She chairs the Curtin Medical School advisory board, and the RACGP expert committee on post fellowship education. She is also a director of AMA WA and sits on the clinical senate for WAPHA, the single PHN in WA.

Ms Megan Cahill is the CEO of Rural Workforce Agency Victoria and oversee the administration of the Victorian GP Rural Generalist program. Megan is committed to facilitating sustainable health workforce solutions and improving the health outcomes for rural Victorian communities.

Dr John Douyere is a practicing rural generalist in Longreach, QLD. He is also the Medical Director of the Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway.

A/Prof Carole Reeve is a Deputy Director for GMT at the College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University. She has specialist medical qualifications in general practice, rural and remote medicine and public health. She has more than 10 years experience in undergraduate and post graduate medicine education and has completed a PhD in health systems research translation and evaluation. More recently she has been involved in the impact evaluation of socially accountable medical education for Training for Health Equity in the Philippines.

Mustafa Sher is a first year medical student studying the M.D. program at Griffith University on the beautiful Gold Coast. He has a passion for the medical sciences and hopes to pursue a career where he can help others.

Mustafa Sher is a first year medical student studying the M.D. program at Griffith University on the beautiful Gold Coast. He has a passion for the medical sciences and hopes to pursue a career where he can help others.

Dr Allison Turnock is a GP who currently works as the Director- Rural Pathways, and Medical Director- GP & Primary Care at the Department of Health and Human Services in Tasmania. In her Rural Pathways role she is facilitating the Tasmanian Rural Medical Generalist Pathway. The TRMGP aims to assist future rural generalists in Tasmania gain the skills they need in their community on their journey from medical student, to intern, RMO, registrar and GP Fellow. The presenting authors of this session are members of the Rural Generalist Medicine Jurisdictional Forum, an informal collaborative group who share ideas and learnings from the development of rural generalist training pathways and programs in their states.

Professor Lucie Walters MBBS, PhD DCH, DipRACOG, FRACGP, FACRRM Prof Lucie Walters is the Immediate Past President of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM). She was appointed Academic Director on the College Board in December 2009. Lucie is currently Professor in Rural Medical Education at Flinders University and also works as a GP Obstetrician at Mount Gambier Hospital. Lucie’s key areas of interest are community based medical education, rural health, social determinants of health and women’s health with her key expertise being in rural medical education development, curriculum design and course delivery in undergraduate and post graduate areas.