Professor John Fraser
Head of School, School of Rural Medicine
Qualifications
MD, MBBS(Hons), FRACGP, FAFPHM, FACRRM, FACTM, MPH&TM, DipRACOG
Contact
| Email: | jfrase22@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Pat O'Shane Building (C13) 336 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2751 (or +61 2 6773 2751 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 2388 |
Dr John Fraser, Director of the Hunter New England Health Rural Training Unit, has more than 15 years' experience in medical education. He is a rural general practitioner and public health physician with extensive clinical, research and teaching experience in remote and rural Australia. As a clinician, he provides clinical services to the Manilla community. In 2005 he was named Medical Educator of the Year by General Practice Education Training.
The Hunter New England Health Rural Training Unit is funded by NSW Health to recruit and retain rural health professionals. Its programs include health career promotion in high schools, assisting in postgraduate vocational training for GPs, and workforce research in rural areas of Australia and Asia. Dr Fraser's research into innovative training models for the public health workforce in rural areas has been recognised internationally by its recent publication in a journal affiliated with the World Health Organisation.
Publications
Refereed Publications
Fraser J, Alexander C, Hawkins A, Fragar L, Robertson C. Evaluation of the impact of a Research Methods Support Structure to increase research capacity in the New England Region of rural New South Wales. Australian Health Review 2006; 30: 427-434.
Fraser J, Alexander C. Publish and Perish: A case study of publication ethics in a rural community. Journal of Medical Ethics, 2006; 32: 526-529.
Fraser J, Professional autonomy: Is it the future of general practice? Australian Family Physician 2006; 35: 353-355.
Fisher L, Fraser J, Alexander C. Caregivers’ inability to identify childhood adiposity: a cross-sectional survey of rural children and their caregivers’ attitudes. Australian Journal of Rural Health 2006; 14: 56-61.
Fraser J, Evaluation of an interpractice visit program for rural Australian General Practice Registrars. Australian Family Physician 2006; 35: 143-147.
Taytiwat, P, Fraser J, Briggs, B The Thai-Australian Health Alliance: A case study of inter-organisational collaboration Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management 2006; 1: 38-44.
Alexander, C. Fraser J. 'Education, training and support needs of Australian trained doctors and international medical graduates in rural Australia: a case of special needs? Rural and Remote Health 7 (online), 2007: 681. Available from: http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/showarticlenew.asp?ArticleID=681
Gunaskeras S, Fraser J, Alexander C. Quality of Life in HCV infection:assessment of rural patients living in north-western New South Wales in Press 2007. Australian Journal of Rural Health.
Fraser JD. Population Health and Public Health Training for Australian Rural General Practice Registrars: A Six Year Program 2000-2006. Education for Health 7 (online), 2007: 50. Available from: http://www.educationforhealth.net
Fraser J. Evaluation of a quantitative formative assessment tool for use in GP registrar external clinical teaching visits (ECTs). Australian Family Physician 2007 in Press.
Fraser J & Sen Gupta, T OTD Supervisors Support Module Chapter Supervision and Feedback in Clinical Practice. 2007 available at https://www.rrmeo.com/acrrm/dls_rrmeo.pl?a
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Population health and public health working group. (Fraser J, Chair) The RACGP curriculum for Australian General Practice. 2007. Available at http://www.racgp.org.au/scriptcontent/curriculum/pdf/populationhealth.pdf
Refereed Conference Papers
Fraser, J Briggs, D Health reforms and medical education in Australia: challenges and future directions. International meeting on medical education in the changing health systems” and 7th Academic Conference on Medical Education, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand, 7-9 August, 2006
Fraser, J Briggs, D. Health and Medical Education Systems in Australia lnternational meeting on Medical education in the changing health systems” and 7th Academic Conference on Medical Education, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand, 7-9 August, 2006
Fraser J, Evaluation of a quantitative formative assessment tool for use in GP Registrar External Clinical Teaching Visits (ECTs). Paper to General Practice Education Training National Conference 16-17 August, 2006, Hobart, 2006 published on Convention Proceedings CD.
Fraser J, Evaluation of a quantitative formative assessment tool for use in GP Registrar External Clinical Teaching Visits (ECTs).Setting the standards for medical education conference, The Australia and New Zealand Association of Medical and Health Professional Education, Hunter New England Area Health Service and University of Newcastle, Newcastle, 25 August, 2006
Taytiwat, P, Briggs, D, Fraser J, Collaboration in rural medical education between Thailand and Australia Poster to General Practice Education Training National Conference 16-17 August, 2006, Hobart, 2006. & Paper to 49th Annual Scientific Convention, RACGP, Brisbane, 6-8 October, 2006.
Educational Hypothetical Panel Member, Setting the standards for medical education conference, The Australia and New Zealand Association of Medical and Health Professional Education, Hunter New England Area Health Service and University of Newcastle, Newcastle, 25 August, 2006.
Alexander C, Fraser J, Retaining Australian trained doctors and International Medical Graduates in rural Australia: A case of special professional needs? Paper to 7th International Conference on Rural Health WONCA, Seattle, USA, 8-10 September, 2006.
Fraser J, Alexander C. Pilot of a Multi-disciplinary Human Factors Course in a Rural Setting in Australia. Paper to 7th International Conference on Rural Health WONCA, Seattle, USA, 8-10 September, 2006.
Druon, V, Fraser J, Alexander C. Parental Knowledge, Beliefs and Attitudes towards Their Obese and Overweight Children in the Rural North-West of New South Wales. Paper to 49th Annual Scientific Convention, RACGP, Brisbane, 6-8 October, 2006 & Poster to ACRRM 4th Scientific Forum being held in Adelaide from 16-19 November 2006.
Fraser, J, Barac, B, Cox, S, Shaw, S,.Wong, B, Doherty, S,Alexander, C. Evaluation of a multi-disciplinary human factors course in a rural setting of Australia. 2007 Rural Health Research Colloquium for the Australian Rural Health Research Collaboration. Tamworth, Australia, 15-17 May, 2007.
Taytiwat, P, Minichiello, V, Fraser, J, Briggs, D. Understanding the role of the director of the Thai community hospital in implementing the universal health coverage (UHC) policy in relation to primary health care in rural areas. 2007 Rural Health Research Colloquium for the Australian Rural Health Research Collaboration. Tamworth, Australia, 15-17 May, 2007.
Yanggratoke, S, Alexander, C, Briggs, D, Cruickshank, M, Ditton, M, Fraser, J, Gaul, M, Taytiwat, P. Recruitment and retention of rural health professionals. Paper to Fifth International Conference of Asian Scholars. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2-5 August, 2007.
Fraser, J, Briggs, D, Taytiwat, P. Evaluation of the impact of a Thai- Australian Rural Medical Education and Health Management Study Tour. Paper to Fifth International Conference of Asian Scholars. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2-5 August, 2007.
Fraser, J, Barac, B, Cox, S, Shaw, S, Wong, B, Doherty, S, Alexander, C., Evaluation of a Multi-disciplinary Human Factors Course in a Rural Setting in Australia. Paper to National General Practice Education and Training Convention. Surfer’s Paradise, Australia. 15-16 August, 2007.
Research Reports
Druon V, Fraser J. Alexander C. Parental Knowledge, Beliefs and Attitudes towards Their Obese and Overweight Children in the Rural North-West of New South Wales. Hunter New England Area Rural Training Unit, Tamworth, 2006.
Alexander C, Fraser. GPs’ management of patients with mental health conditions: the views of GPs working in the Northern Sector (HNEH) Hunter New England Area Rural Training Unit, Tamworth, 2007.
External Consultancies with Publication
Fraser J. External Evaluation of Rural and Regional Queensland Consortium Partnerships Model with Remote Vocational Training Scheme Support. Rural and Regional Queensland Consortium: Toowoomba, May 2006.
Yanggratoke S and Research Team of the School of Health, University of New England, Australia and Naresuan University, Thailand Research Workshop in Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Health Office. 13-15 November, 2006: To Deliver Curricula for Primary Care Health Professionals in Health Management and Nursing, University of New England, Armidale, Australia, December, 2006.