Australian Journal of Rural Health

Objective: To review the selection policies and models used by speciality colleges to select candidates for entry to vocational training, exploring whether these processes are rural-focused. Design: A systematic desktop audit of college selection processes and criteria was done via college websites …

Objective: We aimed to investigate registrar, practice and consultation characteristics associated with varying degrees of GP registrars’ practice rurality. Design: A cross-sectional analysis of 12 rounds of data collection (2010-2015) from the longitudinal Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training …

Objective: Key factors which positively influence recruitment and retention of doctors to rural practice include rural background and positive rural training experience. Despite this knowledge, there is no well-established conceptual framework to explain how these factors influence intention. The ai…

Background: Historically it has been challenging to recruit and retain an appropriately trained medical workforce to care for rural and remote Australians. This paper describes the Queensland North West Hospital and Health Service (NWHHS) workforce redesign, developing education strategies and pathw…

Objective: To determine if selecting rural background students into the Monash Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) program affects vocational training location and intended practice location after training. Design: Retrospective cohort mail survey. Setting: Australia. Participants: R…

Objective: Identify the most important factors associated with choosing rural medical practice. Design: Cross-sectional design using a web survey to collect quantitative and qualitative data. Participants: One hundred and ninety junior doctors - 91 interns, 99 PGY2. Main outcome measures: Choice of …

Objective: To describe the way in which the rural press portrays a rural clinical school and its staff and students. Design: Textual analysis of a collection of newspapers kept by the local campuses of the University of New South Wales Rural Clinical School (UNSW RCS). The study: The UNSW establishe…

Objective: Part 2 of this two-part study identifies current recruitment strategies and existing incentives used by underserviced communities to recruit health science students during the clinical placement stage. Discussion surrounding current gaps in recruitment strategies and potential funding sou…

Objective: This two-part study examines the present gap between financial and educational incentives required and the recruitment strategies used to draw health science students to underserviced areas in Southeastern Ontario. Part 1 explores the impact of offering travel stipends, rent-free accommod…

Objective: This study was undertaken to assess the evidence of whether new forms of medical training, where substantial training takes place in general practice, will be acceptable to GPs. In particular, we asked the questions: Are GPs willing to act as trainers and supervisors in their practices? D…

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