Prof Richard Murray ~ Dean, Medicine and Dentistry
College of Medicine & Dentistry
- About
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- Teaching
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- MD1020: Introduction to Integrated Medical Studies Part 2 of 2 (Level 1; TSV)
- MD2012: Integrated Human System Pathophysiology Part 2 of 2 (Level 2; TSV)
- MD4011: Integrated Pathology and Clinical Medicine Part 1 of 3 (Level 4; TSV)
- MD4012: Integrated Pathology and Clinical Medicine Part 2 of 3 (Level 4; TSV)
- MD4013: Integrated Pathology and Clinical Medicine Part 3 of 3 (Level 4; TSV)
- MD5010: Integrated Clinical Practice Part 1 of 3 (Level 5; TSV)
- MD5020: Integrated Clinical Practice Part 2 of 3 (Level 5; TSV)
- MD5030: Integrated Clinical Practice Part 3 of 3 (Level 5; TSV)
- MD6010: Advanced Clinical Medicine Part 1 of 3 (Level 6; TSV)
- MD6020: Advanced Clinical Medicine Part 2 of 3 (Level 6; TSV)
- MD6030: Advanced Clinical Medicine Part 3 of 3 (Level 6; TSV)
- Research Disciplines
- Socio-Economic Objectives
Richard Murray has a career focussed on the healthcare needs of underserved populations, in rural medicine, Aboriginal health, tropical health and socially accountable health professional education. A medical practitioner with qualifications in rural general practice and public health, he is Dean of the College of Medicine and Dentistry at James Cook University (JCU) and formerly Deputy Vice Chancellor of the then Division of Tropical Heath and Medicine at JCU. Professor Murray has a national and international profile in medical education and in rural health and medicine and has held a range of senior leadership positions. He has a record of achievement in shaping Australian health and medical workforce policy.
Professor Murray is the immediate past President of Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand, the peak organisation for the 24 medical schools across the two countries. He is a Member of Council of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), a member of the Council of the Australian Medical Council (AMC) and the Chair of the board of JCU Health Pty Ltd. Professor Murray is also a member of the Medical Workforce Reform Advisory Committee that advises Commonwealth, state and territory health ministers on medical workforce reform priorities.
Past professional leadership roles include an extended term as President and Chair of the board of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and the Chair of the Federation of Rural Australian Medical Educators (FRAME), the peak forum for Rural Clinical Schools.
Prior to joining JCU as Planning Director of the Rural Clinical School in 2005, Professor Murray spent 14 years in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia, including 12 years as the Medical Director of the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council, a position in which he had broad clinical, population health, teaching, research and medical leadership and management roles.
- Honours
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- Awards
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- 2001 to 2002 - Masters of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University
- 1994 - Certificate in Health Economics, Monash University
- 1991 - Diploma of Obstetrics, Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
- 1983 to 1987 - MBBS, University of Melbourne
- Fellowships
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- 1999 to 2013 - Fellow, Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
- 1993 to 2013 - Fellow, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- Publications
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These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.
- Journal Articles
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- Edelman A, Gauld R, Ovseiko P and Murray R (2021) Developing the multi-professional clinical academic workforce in Australia and New Zealand: a scoping review. Evidence Base: A journal of evidence reviews in key policy areas, 2021 (1).
- Coates D, Dixon R, Murray R, Mayer R and Miller C (2018) Bone mineral density in the tail-bones of cattle: effect of dietary phosphorus status, liveweight, age and physiological status. Animal Production Science, 58 (5). pp. 801-810
- Franklin P, Reid A, Olsen N, Peters S, de Klerk N, Brims F, Threlfall T, Murray R and Musk A (2016) Incidence of malignant mesothelioma in Aboriginal people in Western Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40 (4). pp. 383-387
- Panzera A, Murray R, Stewart R, Mills J, Beaton N and Larkins S (2016) Regional health workforce planning through action research: lessons for commissioning health services from a case study in Far North Queensland. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 22 (1). pp. 63-68
- Woolley T, Sen Gupta T and Murray R (2016) James Cook University's decentralised medical training model: an important part of the rural workforce pipeline in northern Australia. Rural and Remote Health, 16 (1). pp. 1-11
- Sen Gupta T, Woolley T, Murray R, Hays R and McCloskey T (2014) Positive impacts on rural and regional workforce from the first seven cohorts of James Cook University medical graduates. Rural and Remote Health, 14 (1). pp. 1-13
- Woolley T, Sen Gupta T, Murray R and Hays R (2014) Predictors of rural practice location for James Cook University MBBS graduates at postgraduate year 5. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 22 (4). pp. 165-171
- Sen Gupta T, Murray R, Hays R and Woolley T (2013) James Cook University MBBS graduate intentions and intern destinations: a comparative study with other Queensland and Australian medical schools. Rural and Remote Health, 13 (2). pp. 1-10
- Marley J, Atkinson D, Nelson C, Kitaura T, Gray D, Metcalf S, Murray R and Maguire G (2012) The protocol for the Be Our Ally Beat Smoking (BOABS) study, a randomised controlled trial of an intensive smoking cessation intervention in a remote Aboriginal Australian health care setting. BMC Public Health, 12. pp. 1-9
- Murray R, Larkins S, Russell H, Ewen S and Prideaux D (2012) Medical schools as agents of change: socially accountable medical education. Medical Journal of Australia, 196 (10). pp. 1-5
- Larkins S, Sen Gupta T, Evans R, Murray R and Preston R (2011) Addressing inequities in access to primary health care: lessons for the training of health care professionals from a regional medical school. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 17 (4). pp. 362-368
- Worley P and Murray R (2011) Social accountability in medical education: an Australian rural and remote perspective. Medical Teacher, 33 (8). pp. 654-658
- More
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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 51+ research outputs authored by Prof Richard Murray from 1997 onwards.
- Current Funding
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Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.
Department of Health and Ageing - Education and Research Grant
Exploring the educational and program impact of strategies to increase high quality GP registrar supervision and training in underserved communities in north-western Queensland
- Indicative Funding
- $154,000 over 1 year (administered by Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine)
- Summary
- This project builds on the previously funded ACRRM ERG - to develop a general practice workforce that is aligned with population health needs and optimising workforce sustainability and training in rural and remote areas. The first project identified underserved communities where GP registrar training capacity could be better targeted by strategically establishing registrar training posts in underserved communities. New training posts have been established or are in development in the underserved areas identified by the first project. This new project will evaluate these new training posts; measuring the educational impact of training in underserved areas and the impact of training posts on local communities.
- Investigators
- Richard Murray in collaboration with Carole Reeve, Louise Young, Lee Gasser, Bunmi Malau-Aduli, Richard Hays and Tarun Sen Gupta (College of Medicine & Dentistry and JCU Murtupuni Centre for Rural & Remote Health)
- Keywords
- Medical Education and workforce
- Collaboration
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The map shows research collaborations by institution from the past 7 years.
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- 1 collaboration
- Indicates the Tropics (Torrid Zone)
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- Location
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- 39.125B, Medical 1 (Townsville campus)
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