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 …

Background: The recruitment and retention of rural nurses is often complex, costly and
difficult. Administrators report new graduates are often unprepared for the role and little is …

Background Extramuralisation in healthcare has influenced medical and nursing curricula
internationally with the incorporation of themes related to primary/community care. Despite …

This article reports on a project that aimed to discover whether rural placement can influence
new graduates to take up rural positions, and what factors play a role in the decision …

Rural health workforce issues are a priority area for the Australian Government and
substantial funding has been provided for rural education programs to address health …

Objective The aim of the study is to determine the current work locations of allied health
professionals and nurses who undertook a student placement in the Northern Territory of …

Background Significant investment has been undertaken by many countries into 'Rural
Clinical Training Placement Schemes' for medical students in order to deal with shortages of …

Objective To explore the impact of providing nursing and midwifery student placements from
the perspective of regional, rural and remote health service staff involved in hosting …

Medical graduates' early career is known to be disorienting, and career decision-making is
influenced by a complex set of factors. There is a strong association between rural …

Undergraduates who undertake rural placements often choose a rural career. Reluctance
from universities to send students to rural settings limits placement numbers. The Western …