Rate My Professor Graeme Horton

Dr Graeme Horton serves as Head of General Practice and Primary Care in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle. His academic qualifications include a PhD in General Practice from the University of Newcastle, a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Sydney, a Master of Environmental Studies completed with merit from the University of Newcastle, a Graduate Certificate in Population Health from the University of Newcastle, and a Graduate Diploma in Rural General Practice from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Horton has built a distinguished career in rural and remote general practice, training in locations including Alice Springs, rural Tasmania, and the Western Plains of NSW, and serving as a District Medical Officer for the Aerial Medical Service in the Northern Territory. An anaesthetics training post at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals in the UK fulfilled requirements for Fellowship in Advanced Rural General Practice. He currently maintains a clinical general practice in Newcastle while dedicating significant efforts to medical education since joining the University of Newcastle in 2005 as a Rural Undergraduate Support and Coordination academic.

Throughout his academic tenure, Horton has occupied pivotal leadership roles such as Associate Dean and Head of Student Wellbeing and Interprofessional Education from 2018 to 2022, Program Convenor for the Master of Clinical Medicine (Leadership and Management) from 2019 to 2023, Program Convenor for the Bachelor of Medicine from 2011 to 2018, and Year 3 Chair of the Joint Medical Program of the University of Newcastle and the University of New England in 2009 and 2010. His research specializations center on the links between preventative health advice and environmental sustainability, health impacts of climate change, attitudes of medical students toward climate change in curricula, teacher and student wellbeing, public health, medicine and health curriculum pedagogy, general practice, educational psychology, environmental education, and health. Boasting a Google Scholar h-index of 15, his key publications encompass journal articles like "Climate change and Australian general practice vocational education: a cross-sectional study" (2023), "Evaluation of an App-Delivered Psychological Flexibility Skill Training Intervention for Medical Student Burnout and Well-being: Randomized Controlled Trial" (2023), and "Preparing medical graduates for the health effects of climate change: an Australasian collaboration" (2018), alongside book chapters including "Fostering LGBTQI+ inclusive learning environments in health professions education through a faculty development program" (2025) and "Planetary Health: Educating the Current and Future Health Workforce" (2023). Since 2006, he has engaged in professional development for problem-based learning tutors and written assessment preparation for Australian Medical Council examinations, co-authoring chapters on interprofessional communication and student support.