A strong First Nations health workforce is necessary to meet community needs, health rights,
and health equity. This paper reports the findings from a national survey of Australia's First …

Background International workforce shortages have prompted many initiatives to recruit,
train and retain rural doctors, including Australia's emerging National Rural Generalist …

Context: People living in rural areas have poorer health than their urban counterparts with
higher morbidity and mortality rates and lower life expectancy. Challenges attracting health …

Context: Maintaining an adequate health workforce in rural and remote Australia is
challenging. The Australian Government has addressed this challenge by encouraging the …

Introduction: The New South Wales Rural Resident Medical Officer Cadetship Program
began in 1988 as a strategy to increase the numbers of junior doctors in rural hospitals. This …

Objective To determine whether rural practice terms for junior doctors result in increased
interest in rural practice and whether these terms improve learning experiences, clinical …

Objective: To compare the results of the 2005 and 2008 surveys of the rural allied health
workforce in the study region. Design: Comparative analysis of two cross‐sectional surveys …

To build a 'home grown'local Northern Territory (NT) medical workforce in Australia, Flinders
University established the NT Medical Program (NTMP) in 2011. Updated data are provided …

Objective Despite public interest in the rural workforce, there are few published data on the
geographical distribution of Australia's rural surgeons, their practice skill set, career stage or …

Background Residents of remote communities in Australia and other geographically large
countries have comparatively poorer access to high-quality primary health care. To inform …