Assessing the Impact and Cost of Short-Term Health Workforce in Remote Indigenous Communities in Australia: A Mixed Methods Study Protocol

John Wakerman   ¹ , MBBS, MTH, FACRRM, FAFPHM ;   John Humphreys   ² , , PhD ;   Lisa Bourke   ³ , PhD ;   Terry Dunbar   ⁴ , BBus, MPET ;   Michael Jones   ⁵ , , PhD ;   Timothy A Carey   ⁶ , PhD ;   Steven Guthridge   ⁷ , MBBS,MTH,FAFPHM ;   Deborah Russell   ² , MBBS, PhD ;   David Lyle   ⁸ , MBBS,, PhD,FAFPHM ;   Yuejen Zhao   ⁷ , MBBS, PhD ;   Lorna Murakami-Gold   ⁹ , RN, Grad Cert Intensive Therapy, EBTCH, MEd

¹ Flinders NT, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Darwin, Australia

² Monash University School of Rural Health, Monash University, Bendigo, Australia

³ University Department of Rural Health, The University of Melbourne, Shepparton, Australia

⁴ Yaitya Purruna Indigenous Health Unit, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

⁵ Psychology Department, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

⁶ Centre for Remote Health, Flinders University and Charles Darwin University, Alice Springs, Australia

⁷ Northern Territory Department of Health, Darwin, Australia

⁸ Broken Hill University Department of Rural Health, The University of Sydney, Broken Hill, Australia

⁹ Centre for Remote Health, Alice Springs, Australia