The rural workforce shortage, comprising doctors, nurses and allied health workers, is well
documented as are the reasons for the shortages. Without doubt, over the last decade …

Introduction: Rural and remote Australia has a severe shortage of health professionals and
the health of its people is relatively poor. For decades, national and international studies …

Among the challenges of delivering health care to rural and remote Australia, the
fundamental issues of recruitment and retention require urgent action. The recruitment issue …

Creating positive experiences in rural practice at the undergraduate level can influence
allied health students' attitudes to working rurally. This study aimed to evaluate allied health …

Abstract Chapter 1: Characterising Australia's rural specialist physician workforce: the
professional profile and professional satisfaction of junior doctors and consultants Objective …

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 …

Introduction: Rural health services throughout the world face considerable challenges in the
recruitment and retention of medical specialists. This research set out to describe the factors …

Background Australians living in rural and remote communities experience relatively poor
health status in comparison to the wider Australian population (Med J Aust 185: 37-38 …

Objective The over‐reliance on overseas‐trained doctors remains a pressing problem in a
handful of countries. This study aimed to explore the experience of rural and remote …

Objective: To investigate the demographics, employment, education and factors affecting
recruitment and retention of New South Wales (NSW) rural allied health professionals …