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Personal profile
Biography
Deborah is a Research Fellow at the School of Rural Health, Office of Research in December 2008, with a background of 10 years experience in general practice, predominantly in the private sector in Bendigo. She completed a Masters of Clinical Epidemiology (2011). At the same time she has worked at developing and enhancing practical research skills at the School of Rural Health.
Research interests
1. Rural and remote health worker retention
2. Rural and remote health workforce
3. Equitable access to high quality primary care services.
Research area keywords
- Allied health
- workforce retention
- primary health care
- Rural Health
Network
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Projects
- 4 Finished
Supervising GP Registrars - who does and doesn't participate and why?
Warrington, A., Bentley, M., Wallace, G., O'Sullivan, B., McGrail, M., Russell, D., Burns, J. & Sampson, M.
17/08/17 → 17/08/18
Project: Research
Retention of Victorian rural GPs
Russell, D., McGrail, M., O'Sullivan, B., Campbell, D. & Chisholm, M.
1/08/17 → 31/05/18
Project: Research
A mixed methods study identifying underserved communities where GP registrar training could be better targeted in north-western Queensland and strategies to increase high quality GP registrar supervision and training in these locations
McGrail, M., Russell, D., O'Sullivan, B., Campbell, D., Teague, P., Reeve, C., Sen Gupta, T., Young, L., Hays, R. & Malau-Aduli, B.
1/08/17 → 31/07/18
Project: Research
Understanding the decision to relocate rural amongst urban nursing and allied health students and recent graduates
Sutton, K., Brown, L., Carey, T., Farthing, A., Maybery, D., McAnnally, K., McGrail, M., Russell, D., Smith, T. & Waller, S.
14/02/16 → 17/06/16
Project: Research
Research Output
Retention strategies and interventions for health workers in rural and remote areas: A systematic review protocol
Hines, S., Wakerman, J., Carey, T. A., Russell, D. & Humphreys, J., Jan 2020, In : The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports. 18, 1, p. 87-96 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Other › peer-review
Open Access
File
‘It’s so rich, you know, what they could be experiencing’: rural places for general practitioner learning
Couch, D., O’Sullivan, B., Russell, D. & McGrail, M., 2 Jan 2020, In : Health Sociology Review. 29, 1, p. 76-91 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Attracting junior doctors to rural centres: A national study of work-life conditions and satisfaction
Lennon, M., O’Sullivan, B., McGrail, M., Russell, D., Suttie, J. & Preddy, J., Dec 2019, In : The Australian Journal of Rural Health. 27, 6, p. 482-488 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Costs and effects of higher turnover of nurses and Aboriginal health practitioners and higher use of short-term nurses in remote Australian primary care services: An observational cohort study
Zhao, Y., Russell, D. J., Guthridge, S., Ramjan, M., Jones, M. P., Humphreys, J. S. & Wakerman, J., 1 Feb 2019, In : BMJ Open. 9, 2, 8 p., e023906.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Factors related to rural general practitioners supervising general practice registrars in Australia: A national cross-sectional study
O'Sullivan, B., Russell, D., McGrail, M., Sampson, M., Warrington, A., Wallace, G., Bentley, M. & Couch, D., Jan 2019, In : Australian Journal of General Practice. 48, 1-2, p. 66-71 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
Press / Media
The medical workforce in Australia
Belinda O'Sullivan, Matthew Richard McGrail & Deborah Russell
8/05/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment