Professor Bruce Chater OAM
Mayne Professor and Head
Mayne Academy of Rural and Remote Medicine
Head
Rural and Remote Medicine Clinical Unit
0419 674 164
Publications
Book Chapters
Chater, Alan Bruce and Wyatt, Janine (2014). Optimising rural medical learning. WONCA rural medical education guidebook. (pp. 1-14) edited by Jim Rourke, Roger Strasser, Ian Couper and Steve Reid. Bangkok, Thailand: World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA).
Chater, Alan Bruce (2014). Supporting rural procedural practice. WONCA rural medical education guidebook. (pp. 1-12) edited by Jim Rourke, Roger Strasser, Ian Couper and Steve Reid. Bangkok, Thailand: World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA).
Journal Articles
Nasir, Bushra Farah, Chater, Bruce, McGrail, Matthew and Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas (2024). A retrospective descriptive review of community-engaged research projects addressing rural health priorities. BMC Medical Education, 24 (1) 805, 1-6. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05791-7
Pamungkas, Dewi Retno, O’Sullivan, Belinda, McGrail, Matthew and Chater, Bruce (2023). Tools, frameworks and resources to guide global action on strengthening rural health systems: a mapping review. Health Research Policy and Systems, 21 (1) 129. doi: 10.1186/s12961-023-01078-3
Couper, Ian, Lediga, Manoko Innocentia, Takalani, Ndivhuho Beauty, Floss, Mayara, Yeoh, Alexandra E., Ferrara, Alexandra, Wheatley, Amber, Feasby, Lara, de Oliveira Santana, Marcela A., Wanjala, Mercy N., Tukur Deceased, Mustapha A., Kotian, Sneha P., Rasic, Veronika, Shirindza, Vuthlarhi, Chater, Alan Bruce and Koller, Theadora Swift (2023). Exploring the ideas of young healthcare professionals from selected countries regarding rural proofing. Rural and remote health, 23 (4) 8294. doi: 10.22605/RRH8294
Glynn, Liam, Murphy, Andrew W., Scully, Robert, Strasser, Roger, Quinlan, Diarmuid, Cowley, Jerry, Hayes, Peter, O'Donnell, Patrick, O'Regan, Andrew, Tuli, Shagun, Santana, Marcela Araujo de Oliveira, Sparrow-Downes, Victoria M., Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando, Nowlan, Shelley, Collins, Claire, Fogarty, Frank, MacFarlane, Anne, Wynn-Jones, John and Chater, Alan Bruce (2023). The Limerick Declaration on Rural Health Care 2022. Rural and Remote Health, 23 (1) 7905, 7905. doi: 10.22605/rrh7905
Chater, Alan Bruce and Webster, Samuel (2023). Valuing rural hospitals - the Australian experience. Rural and remote health, 23 (1), 8171. doi: 10.22605/RRH8171
Koller, Theadora S. and Chater, Alan Bruce (2023). Rural health frontiers: exploring insights, lessons, and priority actions identified through a global 40-speaker webinar series on rural health equity. Rural and Remote Health, 23 (1). doi: 10.22605/RRH8164
McGrail, Matthew R, Nasir, Bushra F, Chater, Alan Bruce, Sangelaji, Bahram and Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas (2023). The value of extended short-term medical training placements in smaller rural and remote locations on future work location: a cohort study. BMJ Open, 13 (1) e068704, 1-8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068704
O'Sullivan, Belinda, Chater, Bruce, Bingham, Amie, Wynn-Jones, John, Couper, Ian, Hegazy, Nagwa Nashat, Kumar, Raman, Lawson, Henry, Martinez-Bianchi, Viviana, Randenikumara, Sankha, Rourke, James, Strasser, Sarah and Worley, Paul (2020). A Checklist for Implementing Rural Pathways to Train, Develop and Support Health Workers in Low and Middle-Income Countries. Frontiers in Medicine, 7 594728, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.594728
Kenkre, Joyce, Nowlan, Shelley, Wynn-Jones, John, Chater, Bruce and Irvine, Fiona (2020). Perspectives: Now is the time to raise our voices. Journal of Research in Nursing, 25 (6-7), 623-629. doi: 10.1177/1744987120954951
Sen Gupta, Tarun, Campbell, David, Chater, Alan Bruce, Rosenthal, David, Saul, Lynn, Connaughton, Karen and Cowie, Marita (2020). Fellowship of the Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine (FACRRM) Assessment: a review of the first 12 years. MedEdPublish, 9 100, 100. doi: 10.15694/mep.2020.000100.1
O'Sullivan, Belinda G. and Chater, Bruce (2019). Medical school expansion to areas of need improves physician distribution. Medical Education, 53 (11), 1072-1073. doi: 10.1111/medu.13957
Wyatt, Janine E. and Chater, Alan Bruce (2018). Academic performance of third-year medical students learning in rural settings. The Australian Journal of Rural Health, 26 (4), 265-272. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12414
Strasser, Roger, Couper, Ian, Wynn-Jones, John, Rourke, James, Chater, A. Bruce and Reid, Teve (2016). Education for rural practice in rural practice. Education for Primary Care, 27 (1), 10-14. doi: 10.1080/14739879.2015.1128684
Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Eley, Diann S., Ranmuthugala, Geetha, Chater, Alan B., Toombs, Maree R., Darshan, Deepak and Nicholson, Geoffrey C. (2015). Determinants of rural practice: positive interaction between rural background and rural undergraduate training. Medical Journal Australia, 202 (1), 41-46. doi: 10.5694/mja14.00236
Targa, Leonardo Vieira, Wynn-Jones, John, Howe, Amanda, Anderson, Maria Inez Padula, Lopes, José Mauro Cerratti, Lermen Junior, Nulvio, Trindade, Thiago Gomes da, Couper, Ian, Ando, Nilson Massakazu, Chater, Alan Bruce, Scott-Jones, Jo and Silva, André Luiz da (2014). Declaração de Gramado pela Saúde Rural nos países em desenvolvimento. Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Familia e Comunidade, 9 (32), 292-294. doi: 10.5712/rbmfc9(32)982
Eley, D. S., Synnott, R., Baker, P. G. and Chater, A. B. (2012). A decade of Australian Rural Clinical School graduates: Where are they and why?. Rural and Remote Health, 12 (1937) 1937, 1937.1-1937.12. doi: 10.22605/rrh1937
Eley, Diann, Baker, Peter and Chater, Bruce (2009). The Rural Clinical School Tracking Project: More IS better - Confirming factors that influence early career entry into the rural medical workforce. Medical Teacher, 31 (10), e454-e459. doi: 10.3109/01421590902850857
Eley, Diann, Young, Janet L., Wilkinson, David, Chater, Alan B. and Baker, Peter G. (2008). Coping with increasing numbers of medical students in rural clinical schools: options and opportunities. Medical Journal of Australia, 188 (11), 669-671. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01828.x
Chater, Alan B. (2008). Looking after health care in the bush. Australian Health Review, 32 (2), 313-318. doi: 10.1071/AH080313
Glazebrook, Roz, Manahan, Dan and Chater, A. Bruce (2006). Educational needs of Australian rural and remote doctors for intermediate obstetric ultrasound and emergency medicine ultrasound. The Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine, 11 (4), 277-282.
Chater, Alan, B., Glazebrook, R. and Manahan, Dan (2005). Evaluation of an ultrasound program (intermediate obstetric and emergency medicine) for Australian rural and remote doctors. The Australian Journal of Rural Health, 13 (5), 295-299. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2005.00720.x
Glazebrook, R., Chater, B., Graham, P., Kokar, G., Robinson, M., Escott, R., Putman, J. and Crosbie, D. (2005). Evaluation of the ACRRM National Radiology Program for Australian rural and remote medical practitioners. Rural & Remote Health, 5 (3), 349-356.
Chater, Alan Bruce (2004). Editorial: The speciality status of Rural and Remote Medicine. The Australian Journal of Rural Health, 12 (5), 179-180. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1854.2004.00631.x
Barker, Peter, Chater, Bruce, Cornelius, Sally, Glazebrook, Roz, Manahan, Dan, McLellan, Tony, Morris, Graham, Row, David and Steele, Brendan (2004). Educational needs of rural and remote Australian non-specialist medical practitioners for obstetric ultrasound. The Australian Journal of Rural Health, 12 (2), 73-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2004.tb00572.x
Chater, B., Glazebrook, R. and Manahan, D. (2004). Evaluation of nine pilot obstetric ultrasound education workshops for Australian rural and remote doctors. Rural and Remote Health, 4 (3), 1-8.
Humphreys, JS, Jones, JA, Jones, MP, Mildenhall, D, Mara, PR, Chater, B, Rosenthal, DR, Maxfield, NM and Adena, MA (2003). The influence of geographical location on the complexity of rural general practice activities. Medical Journal of Australia, 179 (8), 416-420. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05619.x
Humphreys, John, Hegney, Desley, Lipscombe, Joan, Gregory, Gordon and Chater, Bruce (2002). Whither rural health? Reviewing a decade of progress in rural health. The Australian journal of rural health, 10 (1), 2-14. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2002.tb00002.x
Rourke, J, Reid, S, Naidoo, N, Chater, B, Rosenblatt, R and Strasser, R (1998). Report from the Second World Rural Health Congress - Durban, South Africa. Journal of Rural Health, 14 (2), 87-90.
CHATER, A. B. (1993). The Role of the National Rural Health Alliance. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 1 (2), 5-12. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.1993.tb00064.x
Conference Papers
Nasir, B., Chater, B., McGrail, M. and Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, S. (2023). Developing research capacity through short-term community-engaged scholarly projects for rural and remote medical students. WONCA World Conference 2023, Sydney, NSW Australia, 26-29 October 2023. East Melbourne, VIC Australia: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
Nasir, B., Chater, B., Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, S. and McGrail, M. (2023). Evaluating medical student satisfaction using blended learning: a natural longitudinal cross-sectional study based in rural Australia. WONCA World Conference 2023, Sydney, NSW Australia, 26-29 October 2023. East Melbourne, VIC Australia: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
O'Sullivan, B., Chater, B., Wynn-Jones, J. and Bingham, A. (2019). A checklist for implementing pathways to build capacity of the rural generalist workforce. American Academy of Family Physicians Global Health Summit, Albuquerque, NM, United States, October 2019.
Wynn-Jones, J., Couper, I., O'Sullivan, B., Chater, B. and Bingham, A. (2019). Training pathways for rural practice: Developing an African rural health workforce that is “fit for purpose”. Wonca Africa Conference, Uganda, June 2019.
O’Sullivan, B., Chater, B., Bingham, A. and Wynn-Jones, J. (2019). A Checklist for implementing rural pathways to train and support health workers in low and middle income countries. WONCA Africa Conference, Kampala, Uganda, 6-8th June 2019.
O’Sullivan, B., Chater, B., Bingham, A. and Wynn-Jones, J. (2019). A Checklist for implementing rural pathways to train and support health workers in low and middle income countries. WONCA Europe Conference, Bratislava, Slovakia, 26-29 June 2019.
O’Sullivan, B., Chater, B., Bingham, A. and Wynn-Jones, J. (2019). Checklist for implementing rural pathways to train, recruit and retain rural health workers. World Rural Health Conference, Albuquerque, NM, United States, 12-15 October 2019.
Chater, Alan B. (2017). Resuscitating Procedural Rural Practice: the Rural Procedural Grants Program in Australia 2003-2016. 14th World Rural Health Conference, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 29 April - 2 may 2017.
Chater, Alan B. (2017). Queensland Health Workshop: Working inside the System - How a Rural and Remote Clinical Network has changed rural health from within. 14th World Rural Health Conference, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 29 April - 2 May 2017.
Wynn-Jones, J., Chater, Alan B., Schmitz, D., Strasser, R., Strasser, Sarah, Wheatley, A., Okong, P., Compos, H., Nowlan, S., Rouke, J. and Sigurosson, S. (2017). Delivering health in rural communities: The returns on rural workforce reforms and investments. Fourth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, Dublin Ireland, 13-17 November 2017.
Wright, H. L., Goot, Katie A., Chater, A. B., Woods, M. L., Smith, J. K. G., Paterson, D. L., McCarthy, J., Moore, F. and Rogers, B. A. (2011). Spirochaetes and sunshine: Leptospirosis in the aftermath of the Queensland floods. Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases, Annual Scientific Meeting 2011, Lorne, VIC Australia, 30 March-2 April 2011.
Moffatt, Jennifer, Wyatt, Janine, Baker, Peter G. and Chater, Alan B. (2010). Continuing quality improvement in the discipline of Rural Medicine. Innovations in Medical Education Teaching and Learning Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 5 November 2010. Brisbane, Australia: Centre for Medical Education Research and Scholarship (CMEDRS).
Eley, Diann, Chater, Alan B. and Baker, Peter (2008). Rural Community Based Clinical Education: The Effect on Subsequent Workforce Choice. International Conference Community Engaged Medical Education in the North (ICEMEN), Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Ontario CA, 9-14 Jun 2008.
Eley, D, Baker, P G and Chater, A B (2006). The rural medicine rotation: Increasing rural recruitment through quality undergraduate rural experiences. Seattle, USA, 8-10 September, 2006.
Eley, D, Baker, P G and Chater, A B (2006). Find 'em, hook 'em and keep 'em: Addressing the shortage of rural doctors in Australia through decentralised medical education. Seattle, USA, 8-10 September, 2006.
Eley, Diann, Baker, Peter, Young, Louise and Chater, Alan B. (2006). The Rural Clinical Division: a student journey to rural medicine. ACRRM 4th Scientific forum 2006: Practicing Rural and Remote Medicine - Moving Forward, University of Adelaide, SA, 16-19 November, 2006.
Generic Document
Chater, Bruce, De La Rue, Stephanie, Du Rietz, Marnie, Eriksson, Lars, Murray, Richard, Pashen, Dennis, Sheedy, Vicki and White, Col (2007). The expanding role of the rural generalist In Australia: a systematic review. Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute.
Research Reports
Chater, Bruce , Nasir, Bushra , Hodgson, Lynette , Ridler, John and Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas (2022). Community Engaged Rural Health Projects – The University of Queensland. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand.
World Health Organisation Team, Strasser, Sarah, Austin, Marni, Bendotti, Hollie, Bourke, Gary, Campbell, David, Campbell, Narelle , Chater, Alan Bruce, Chong, Hwee Sin , Cribb, Jacqueline, Cumming, Kay, Doty, Barbara Jean, Eley, Diann, Erikson, Jay S., Florentis, Anastasia, Floss, Mayara, Goot, Katie, Greacen, Jane, Jonk, Yvonne , Khoo, Kean, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Lamb, Margaret, Longenecker, Randall, McGrail, Matthew, Nasir, Bushra, Partanen, Riitta, Paterson, Davis , Rajapalisha, Dilum , Schmitz, David ... Tynan, Anna (2020). Retention of the health workforce in rural and remote areas: a systematic review. Human Resources for Health Observer Series No. 25 Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.