Associate Professor James Padley

A/Prof James Padley is the program lead for SARM, the first end-to-end rural medical education program in South Australia, part of the Flinders MD program. James has been engaged in rural medical education since 2017, both in undergraduate and postgraduate training programs. He is a practicing rural doctor, working as a general medicine consultant with the acute medical inpatient team at Mount Barker Hospital in the Adelaide Hills, and previously a rural generalist/retrieval consultant with the Royal Flying Doctor Service based out of Port Augusta (2021 - 2025). His role with SARM includes coordination of the first 2 years of the program based in Renmark and Mount Gambier, as well as clinical leadership of the year 3 and 4 rural programs based across SA and into western Victoria (Hamilton). James works closely with the leadership group in Flinders Rural and Remote Health, the Flinders MD directorship as well as academics, health care professionals and support staff throughout rural SA and NT.

Outside of work James plays guitar in a live music group in the Barossa Valley and spends time with his two young kids exploring the country, hills and beaches across SA.

James acknowledges the First Nations people of Australia as the traditional owners of the land and values their wisdom and ways of knowing, as well as their deep connections to country and community.