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qualifications: MBBS PhD FACRRM DRANZCOG (adv)
position: Director Training Innovation and Culture
Ruth is Director Training Innovation and Culture with South West Hospital and Health Service, Queensland Health and Professor Rural Health Service Design, Centre for Business and Economics of Health, University of Queensland. She was National Rural Health Commissioner for Australia 2020-2024, President of ACRRM 2016-2018 and has over 30 years of experience as a Rural Generalist obstetrician and 20 years in rural medical education, working in rural and remote areas from western Victoria to the Torres Straits in Queensland. She now lives and works in remote south-west Queensland.
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Commentary 19 July 2026
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24th Annual Rural Health Clinic Conference, 15 & 16 September 2026, Kansas City, MO, USA
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9th WONCA Africa Region Conference 2026, 10 & 11 September 2026, Gaborone, Botswana
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18th National Rural Health Conference, 14–16 September 2026, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference 2026, 17–19 September 2026, Kirikiriroa (Hamilton), New Zealand
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2026 NAATSIHWP National Conference, 21–23 September 2026, Naarm (Melbourne), Australia
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53rd Annual NARMH Conference, 27–29 September 2026, Santa Fe, NM, USA
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15th EURIPA Rural Health Forum, 1–3 October 2026, Cartagena, Spain
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2026 Indigenous Wellbeing Conference, 12–13 October 2026, Ngambri and Ngunnawal Country (Canberra), Australia
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Transforming Community, Regional, and Rural Healthcare, 12 & 13 October 2026, Mayo Civic Center - Rochester, MN, USA
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RMA26 – Rural Medicine Australia Conference, 21–24 October 2026, Tarndanya (Adelaide), Australia
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2026 Aeromed Conference, 28–30 October 2026, Darwin, Australia
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Rural Mental Health Conference 2026, 4–6 November 2026, Gold Coast, Australia
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16th National Rural & Remote Allied Health Conference (SARRAH), 9–11 November 2026, Coffs Harbour, Australia
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IAHA Indigenous Allied Health Australia National Conference, 30 November–2 December 2026, Boorloo (Perth), Australia
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5th International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, 8–10 June 2027, Larrakia Country, Darwin, NT, Australia
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