Introduction The shortfall in medical workers in rural and remote Australia has led to health
discrepancies in these regions. The University of Wollongong's medical program was …

The Australian Rural Clinical School (RCS) initiative has been addressing the rural medical
workforce shortage at the medical education level for over a decade. A major expectation of …

Introduction: Rural clinical schools and regionally based medical schools have a major role
in expanding the rural medical workforce. The aim of this cohort study was to compare …

Objective To describe factors predicting J ames C ook U niversity (JCU) medical graduates
having a rural practice location at postgraduate year (PGY) 5. Participants JCU MBBS …

Objective: To determine whether completing a year of the Rural Clinical School of Western
Australia (RCSWA) program is associated with entering the rural medical workforce. Design …

Introduction: In 1988, the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Health developed the
NSW Rural Resident Medical Officer Cadetship Program (Cadetship Program) to help …

BACKGROUND In order to address the shortage of doctors in rural areas of Australia, many
strategies have been developed to recruit recent medical graduates into rural practice …

Background. This study examined postgraduate work after an undergraduate clinical year
spent in the Rural Clinical School of Western Australia (RCSWA), compared with 6 weeks …

Introduction: In 1988, the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Health developed the
NSW Rural Resident Medical Officer Cadetship Program (Cadetship Program) to help …

Objective To determine the student characteristics and clinical school training pathways that
are associated with postgraduate rural practice. Design A cross‐sectional observational …