Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Associate Professor Fiona Wright has been a highly respected member of Mildura’s medical and health community for more than ten years, first as Director of Medical Services at Mildura Base Hospital, then in her current position as Director of the Monash School of Rural Health Mildura (and Medical Officer at Mildura Base Hospital). She served on the Board of the Lower Murray Medicare Local for four years, the Mildura Base Hospital Community Advisory Board for 3 years and is currently Director on the Board of Mildura Health.
In these roles she has developed strong links across the Mildura community, and across the range of medical and health services available to the community. Through her work in Mildura, Dr Wright is fully cognisant of regional disadvantage and the challenges faced by regional health services
Current Research Project: Confidence and ability of final year medical students to interpret ECGs accurately.
- Investigators: Howard Cook; Fiona Wright; Jennifer Timmis; Desley Reid-Orr; Alan Soward
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Health workforce development especially in rural areas
- rural health service provision/equity
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Improving Emergency and Follow Up Care for Suicidal Crisis in Mildura LGA
Spelten, E., Wright, F., MacDermott, S., Sutton, K. & Isaacs, A.
17/10/18 → 28/02/20
Project: Research
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Suicide-related crisis presentations to a rural emergency department: A retrospective cohort study
MacDermott, S., Sutton, K., Motorniak, D., Bredhauer, J., Wright, F., Whyte, M., van Vuuren, J. & Spelten, E., Feb 2023, In: Australasian Psychiatry. 31, 1, p. 13-18 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Competition or collaboration in regional Australia? A cross-border and multi-university approach to maximising rural health investments, community health and health workforce outcomes
White, D., Jones, D., Harvey, P., Wright, F., Tarrant, L., Hodgetts, L., Allen, K., Oxford, S., Mitcham, A. & Livingstone, K., Dec 2022, In: Australian Journal of Rural Health. 30, 6, p. 823-829 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Mallee Living Histories Evaluation Report 2020
Smith, T. & Wright, F., 2020, Australia: Monash University Publishing. 20 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other Report › Research
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Health 2040: Mildura Base Hospital Scoping Study
Kippen, R., Kinsman, L., Wright, F. A., Ward, B. M. & Allenby, A. L., 2015, Bendigo Victoria: Monash University. 38 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Other