Dr John Adie is a Professor in Urgent Care in the School of Health at University of the Sunshine Coast and Urgent Care Education and Training Lead at ForHealth. He has four appointments related to these two main roles. First, as the RACGP Specific Interest Group Chair for ‘Urgent and Emergency Presentations to Primary Care’. Second, as the World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA) Emergency Medicine Special Interest Group Australasian Agent. Third, on the International Collaborations Committee for College of Urgent Care Medicine which represents 15,4000 Urgent Care Centres, and lastly, as a Medscape Global columnist on Integrated Primary Care Centres.
He has presented his research at local, national, and international conferences and published his research in peer-review journals. John’s clinical work has been as a general practitioner (GP), Rural and Remote GP, and Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) Physician working in General Practices, UCCs, and Emergency Departments in New Zealand and Australia. He currently works clinically in ForHealth UCCs around Australia.