Emeritus Professor Peter Baker
Emeritus Professor
Medical School (Rural Clinical School)
+61 7 463 39712
Publications
Books
Baker, P., Buikstra, E., Hegney, Desley G., King, C., Rogers-Clark C., Ross, H., Stallard, L. and Watson-Luke, A. (2008). Identificaton of personal and community resilience that enhances psychological wellness: A Stanthorpe study. Toowoomba, Australia: Centre for Rural and Remote Health, University of Southern Queensland.
Baker, P.G., Ching, M., Gabriel, A., Mangion, S., Moeller, I. and Williams, V. (2001). DATIS update of selected topics in prostate cancer screening for general practice.. 1 ed. South Australia: Drug & Therapeutics Information Service.
Book Chapter
Buikstra, Elizabeth, Rogers-Clark, Cath, Ross, Helen, Hegney, Desley, King, Christine, Baker, Peter and McLachlan, Kath (2011). Ego-resilience and psychological wellness in rural communities. Continuity Versus Creative Response to Challenge: The Primacy of Resilience and Resourcefulness in Life and Therapy. (pp. 273-290) edited by Marek J. Celinski and Kathryn M. Gow. New York, United States: Nova Science Publishers.
Journal Articles
Woldeyohannes, Solomon M., Perkins, Nigel R., Baker, Peter, Gilks, Charles F., Knibbs, Luke D. and Reid, Simon A. (2020). Q fever vaccine efficacy and occupational exposure risk in Queensland, Australia: A retrospective cohort study. Vaccine, 38 (42), 6578-6584. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.08.006
Jeon, Yong Suk, Kearney, Alison Mary and Baker, Peter Graham (2018). Management of hiccups in palliative care patients. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 8 (1), 1-6. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2016-001264
Eley, Diann S., Patterson, Elizabeth, Young, Jacqui, Fahey, Paul P., Del Mar, Chris B., Hegney, Desley G., Synnott, Robyn L., Mahomed, Rosemary, Baker, Peter G. and Scuffham, Paul A. (2013). Outcomes and opportunities: a nurse-led model of chronic disease management in Australian general practice. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 19 (2), 150-158. doi: 10.1071/PY11164
Moffatt, Jennifer and Baker, Peter (2013). Farmers, mining and mental health: the impact on a farming community when a mine is proposed. Rural Society, 23 (1), 60-74. doi: 10.5172/rsj.2013.23.1.60
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
Liu, D., Burgoyne, C. S., Moffatt, J. J. and Baker, P. G. (2011). Implications of increased student intake on rural rotations in Australian medical schools. Rural and Remote Health, 11 (1911) 1911, 1-2.
Buikstra, E, Ross, H, King, CA, Baker, PG, Hegney, D, McLachlan, K and Rogers-Clark, C (2010). The components of resilience—Perceptions of an Australian rural community. Journal of Community Psychology, 38 (8), 975-991. doi: 10.1002/jcop.20409
Rodger, Sylvia, Hoffmann, Stephen J., World Health Organization Study Group on InterProfessional Education and Collaborative Practice and Baker, Peter (2010). Where in the world is interprofessional education? A global environmental scan. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 24 (5), 479-491. doi: 10.3109/13561821003721329
Mickan, Sharon, Hoffman, Steven J., Nasmith, Louise, World Health Organization Study Group and Baker, Peter G. (2010). Collaborative practice in a global health context: Common themes from developed and developing countries. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 24 (5), 492-502. doi: 10.3109/13561821003676325
Lasserre, Kaye, Eley, Diann, Baker, Peter and Kruesi, Lisa (2010). Medical students out of town but not out of touch: Use of personal digital assistants to improve access to clinical information and enhance learning at the point of care in rural and remote Australia. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 18 (2), 87-88. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2010.01131.x
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 and Baker, Peter (2009). The value of a rural medicine rotation on encouraging students toward a rural career: Clear benefits from the RUSC program. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 21 (3), 220-224. doi: 10.1080/10401330903018468
Baker, Peter G. (2009). Forever Young: The 1988 WHO Report on Teamwork in Health. International Health Professions Education Newsletter, 28 (1), 8-9.
Eley, Diann S., Del Mar, Chris B., Patterson, Elizabeth, Synnott, Robyn L., Baker, Peter G. and Hegney, Desley G. (2008). A nurse led model of chronic disease care - An interim report. Australian Family Physician, 37 (12), 1030-1032.
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
Eley, D., Young, L., Baker, P.G. and Wilkinson, D. (2008). Developing a rural workforce through medical education: Lessons from Down Under. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 20 (1), 53-61. doi: 10.1080/10401330701542677
Eley, Rob M. and Baker, Peter G. (2007). Rural and remote health research: Key issues for health providers in southern Queensland. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 15 (6), 368-372. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00918.x
Hegney, D. G., Buikstra, E., Baker, P., Rogers-Clark, C., Pearce, S., Ross, H., King, C. and Watson-Luke, A. (2007). Individual resilience in rural people: a Queensland study, Australia. Rural and Remote Health, 7 (14), 1-13. doi: 10.22605/rrh620
Eley, Diann S. and Baker, Peter G. (2007). Will Australian rural clinical schools be an effective workforce strategy? Early indications of their positive effect on intern choice and rural career interest. Medical Journal of Australia, 187 (3), 166-167. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01177.x
Ritchie, Carrie, Baker, Peter, Buchanan, Ian and Magee, Peter (2007). Response. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 4 (2), 155-156. doi: 10.1007/s11673-007-9050-9
Young, L., Baker, P. G., Waller, S. A., Hodgson, L. and Moor, M. (2007). Knowing your allies: Medical education and interprofessional exposure. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 21 (2), 155-163. doi: 10.1080/13561820601176915
Eley, D., Young, L., Hunter, K., Baker, P., Hunter, E. and Hannah, D. (2007). Perceptions of mental health service delivery among staff and Indigenous consumers: it's still about communication. Australasian Psychiatry, 15 (2), 130-134. doi: 10.1080/10398560601121017
Eley, Diann, Young, Louise, Shrapnel, Marilyn, Wilkinson, David, Baker, Peter and Hegney, Desley (2007). Medical students and rural general practitioners: Congruent views on the reality of recruitment into rural medicine. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 15 (1), 12-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00844.x
Eley, Diann and Baker, Peter (2006). Does Recruitment Lead to Retention? Rural Clinical School Training Experiences and Subsequent Intern Choices. Rural and Remote Health, 6 (1), 1-13. doi: 10.22605/rrh511
Eley, Diann, Hunter, Keith, Young, Louise, Baker, Peter, Hunter, Ernest and Hannah, Dominique (2006). Tools and methodologies for investigating the mental health needs of Indigenous patients: It's about communication. Australasian Psychiatry, 14 (1), 33-37. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2006.02235.x
Baker, Peter, Eley, Diann and Lasserre, Kaye (2005). Tradition and technology: Teaching rural medicine using an internet discussion board. Rural and Remote Health, 5 (4), 1-8. doi: 10.22605/rrh435
Baker, P. G., Hegney, D., Rogers-Clark, C., Fahey, P., Gorman, D. and Mitchell, G. (2004). Planning research in rural and remote areas. Rural and Remote Health, 4 (2), 266. doi: 10.22605/rrh266
Wilkinson, D., Birks, J., Davies, L., Margolis, S. and Baker, P. (2004). Preliminary evidence from Queensland that rural clinical schools have a positive impact on rural intern choices. Rural and Remote Health, 4 (4), 1-6.
Baker, P. G. (2004). Screening for colorectal cancer - benefit or burden?. The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 34 (2), 99-103. doi: 10.1177/1478271520043402019
Baker, P. G., Dalton, L. and Walker, J. (2003). Rural general practitioner preceptors-how can effective undergraduate teaching be supported or improved?. Rural and Remote Health, 3.
Baker, P.G. (2002). Free-to-total PSA ratios: A better test for twice the cost?. Current Therapeutics, 43 (4), 7-11.
Conference Papers
Quek, Lake-Hui, Chan, Gary, White, Angela, Connor, Jason P., Baker, Peter, Saunders, John and Kelly, Adrian B. (2012). Multiple drug use in adolescents and young adults. Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference 2012, Melbourne Australia, 18-21 November 2012. West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00514.x
Milford, Elissa, Fogarty, Sam, Moffatt, Jennifer and Baker, Peter (2011). Do Rural Student Health Clubs produce more rural health professionals?. 22nd Annual Conference of the Rural Doctors Association of Queensland (RDAQ 2011), Cairns, Australia, 10-12 June 2011.
Yang, Ian A., Swadling, Barbara, Bradbear, Robyn, Hatfield, Laurel, Stride, Peter J.O., Livett, Mark, Wright, Morgan, Baker, Peter G., Lake, Fiona, Caputo, Lisa, Peterson, Ray, McAllister, Lindy and Eley, Diann (2010). Learning in the Clinical Setting (LICS): A pilot study at the Northside Clinical School and Rural Clinical School. Medical Education Teaching and Learning Conference, Herston, Brisbane, Australia, 5 November 2010.
Baker, Peter G. (2010). Interprofessional Practice - How much of a good thing?. 2010 National Leadership and Learning Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 16-17 September 2010.
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, Stuart, Patricia, Baker, Peter, Bourke, Patricia, Wilson, Geoff and Robinson, Norma (2010). Collaborative clinical development: Simulated inter-professional health care provision in a rural setting. Rural Medicine Australia 2010, 6th Scientific Forum on Rural and Remote Medicine, Hobart , TA, Australia, 23-23 October 2010.
Baker, Peter G. (2010). Increasing teaching capacity in urban areas - The medicine in society course. UQ School of Medicine Year 3/4 Workshop, Brisbane, 31 March - 1 April 2010.
Baker P., Gilbert, J., Hammick M., Hoffman, S., Horne, W., Hughes, L., Moran, M., Rodger, S., Schmitt, M., Thistlethwaite, J. and Yan, J. (2008). What does an international environmental scan tell us about global interprofessional education practices? An initiative of the World Health Organisation Study Group on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice. All Together Better Health IV Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 1-5 June, 2008.
Eley, Diann, Young, Janet L., Shrapnel, Marilyn, Wilkinson, David, Baker, Peter G. and Hegney, Desley G. (2008). Medical Students and rural GPs: Congruent views on the reality of recruitment into rural medicine. 31st 2008 National Rural Health Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, U.S.A., 7-10 May, 2008.
Hegney, D., Del Mar, C., Eley, D., Synnott, R., Baker, P., Patterson, E., Fahey, P. and Scuffham, P. (2008). The feasibility, acceptability and cost-effectiveness of nurse-led models of chronic condition management in general practice. International Conference on Chronic Disease Management, Singapore, China, 8-10 May 2008.
Baker, P., Chenery, H., Eley, D. and Ritchie, C. (2008). Teamwork in Action: A faculty-wide introduction to interprofessional education. ANZAME 2008, Sydney, Austalia, 10-12 July 2008. Sydney, Australia: ANZAME.
Synnott, Robyn L., Young, Jacqueline, Mahomed, Rosemary, Eley, Diann, Baker, Peter and Hegney, Desley (2008). A nurse-led model of care in Australian general practice to manage chronic disease: Development of a practice nurse education program and clinical protocols for care management. 9th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference: Transforming Healthcare through Research, Education and Technology, Dublin, Ireland, 5-7 November 2008.
Stuart, Patricia, Eley, Diann and Baker, Peter (2008). Mentorship Program at the University of Queensland Rural Clinical School: Does it Improve the Quality of Support and Learning Outcomes for Students?. Practice, scholarship and research in health professional education ANZAME 2008, Sydney, NSW, 10-13 July 2008. The Association for Health Professional Education.
Synnott, R. L., Eley, D., Patterson, E., Del Mar, C., Scuffham, P., Fahey, P., Baker, P. and Hegney, D. (2008). A Nurse-led Model of Care in Australian General Practice to Manage Chronic Disease: Development of a Practice Nurse Education Program and Clinical Protocols for Care Management. New Frontiers in Primary Health Care: Role of Nursing and Other Professions, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 4-6 February 2008.
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. and Baker, P.G. (2007). Early indications of the positive impact of Rural Clinical Schools on Intern choice and rural career interest. Recruitment and Retention in the Health Workforce 2007, Gold Coast, 12-14 November 2007. Australia: Bower Bird Information Services.
Eley, Diann, Young, Louise, Baker, Peter and Wilkinson, David (2007). Developing a rural workforce through medical education: "necessity is the mother of innovation". ANZAME 2007 The Association for health professional education: Linking Learners and Leaders, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 12-15 September, 2007.
Baker, P. G. and Eley, Diann. (2007). How useful are traditional textbooks to modern medical students?. ANZAME 2007 Linking Learners and Leaders, Canberra, 12-15 September 2007. Canberra, Australia: The Association for Health Professional Education.
Baker, P.G., Eley, D. and Peterson, R.F. (2007). Student guided learning as a strategy to aid rural medical training. ANZAME 2007 Linking Learners and Leaders, Canberra, 12-15 September 2007. Canberra: The Association for Health Professional Education.
Baker, P., Del Mar, C., Eley, D., Fahey, P., Hegney, D., Mahomed, R., Patterson, E., Scuffham, P. and St John, W. (2007). Patient satisfaction with practice nurse-led chronic disease management in general practice. 5th Australian Nurse Practitioner Conference, Hobart, Australia, 11-13 October 2007.
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.
Baker, P G, Eley, D and Longenecker, R (2006). Sharing Narratives Online: An international, self-organising curriculum in rural health. 7th Wonca Rural Health Conference : Transforming Rural Practice Through Education, Seattle, USA, 8-10 September, 2006.
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.
Kruesi, L., Todd, H., Heath, A. and Baker, P G (2006). With all the 'E' they still want the 'P': Integrating the right balance of information resources to support medical students throughout Queensland. MLA '06: Transformation A-Z, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A., 19-24 May 2006. U.S.A.: Medical Library Association.
Baker, P., Eley, D., Heath, A., Kruesi, L., Lasserre, K. and Turner, J. (2005). Personal digital assistants supporting medical best practice. 5th Annual Health and Medical Research Conference of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 3-4 November 2005.
Baker, P., Eley, D. and Turner, J. (2005). Future Rural GPs: Targeting students for sustainability. 48th Annual Scientific Convention "Unity & Care", Darwin, NT, Australia, 29 Sep - 2 Oct, 2005.
Young, L., Baker, P. G., Hodgson, L. and Moore, M. (2005). 'Knowing your allies': medical education and multiprofessional exposure. ANZAME Annual Conference 2005 in conjunction with APFM, Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand, 29 June - 2 July 2005. Sydney: The Association for Health Professional Education.
Eley, D., Young, L. and Baker, P. (2005). 'Knowing your allies': Medical education and multiprofessional exposure. Remote Health Conference, Mt Isa, 26-28 August, 2005.
Baker, P., Eley, D. and Lasserre, K. (2005). Teaching rural medicine using a Clinical Discussion Board. Remote Health Conference, Mt Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health, 26-28 August 2005.
Baker, P., Eley, D., Hannah, D., Hunter, E., Hunter, K., Toowomba District Mental Health Service and Young, L. (2004). Indigenous mental health needs analysis project. 4th Annual Queensland Health & Medical Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, December 2004.
Baker, P., Hannah, D. E., Hunter, E., Hunter, K. and Young, L. (2003). Review of mental health service delivery to indigenous consumers. Queensland Mental Health Services Showcase Conference, Brisbane, 6 June, 2003.
Research Report
WHO study group on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice and Baker, Peter G. (2010). Framework for action on interprofessional education and collaborative practice. Department of Human Resources for Health resource centre Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organisation Press.