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Indigenous perspectives on the desired attributes of medical graduates practising in remote communities: A Northwest Queensland pilot study

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Woolley, T., Sivamalai, S., Ross, S., Duffy, G. and Miller, A.
  • Editors: David Perkins
  • Journal Name: Australian Journal of Rural Health
  • Journal Number: Vol. 21 No. 2
  • Publisher: National Rural Health Alliance
  • ISBN: 1440-1584
  • Country: Australia
Providing an emphasis on Indigenous health in medical undergraduate education is seen as a high priority by Australian medical organisations. A regional North Queensland medical school asked local Indigenous people to list personal attributes they want to see in graduate doctors who choose to practise in their remote community.

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