Workforce development is a useful concept in industry, in which selection, education and
training take place with the future workforce in mind. 1 Given the cost, effort and time to …

Introduction: Despite substantial investment in rural workforce support, sustaining the
necessary recruitment and retention of general practitioners (GPs) in rural areas remains a …

Aim Relative shortages of rural doctors persist. In 2008 the University of Auckland medical
programme introduced a Year 5 regional and rural immersion programme, Pūkawakawa …

This study was undertaken to provide a snapshot of the academic primary health-care
workforce in Australia and to provide some insight into research capacity in academic …

Health workforce shortages are a global phenomenon and Australia is no exception.
Deficiencies are particularly pronounced in general practice, dentistry, nursing and key …

The recruitment and retention of health workers in under-served areas is an international
problem affecting both developed and developing countries. There has been a surfeit of …

AIMS: The aim of the study was to assess medical workforce needs of New Zealand rural
hospitals. METHODS: We undertook a survey of all the managers of rural hospitals in New …

Objectives Regional centres and their rural hinterlands support significant populations of
non-metropolitan Australians. Despite their importance in the settlement hierarchy and the …

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 identify recruitment and retention issues for allied health professionals at two
rural health services. Design: A qualitative study using semi‐structured interviews was used …