Abstract Background The University of New England (UNE), Australia decided to develop
innovative placement opportunities for its increasing numbers of nursing students. Extensive …

The objective of this paper was to evaluate pre-registration nursing students' experiences of
a pilot program that placed them in community based non-government organisations for …

Background There are ongoing health workforce shortages in rural Australia with nurses a
major component of the provision of health care. Training for nursing students in rural areas …

Background: REACH (Realising Education and Access in Collaborative Health) is an
initiative of students of the University of Melbourne to improve access to primary health care …

Objective: This paper draws on questionnaire findings and analysis of students' comments to
demonstrate the aspects of rural placements that were effective in engaging students in the …

United Kingdom (UK) health policy has adopted an increasing community and primary care
focus over recent years (Department of Health, 1997; Department of Health, 1999. Making a …

Background Student-led clinics have gained increasing attention as a mechanism for
students across various health professions to gain authentic interprofessional clinical …

Distribution of the Australian health workforce is uneven, with the majority of health
professionals favouring metropolitan areas over rural and remote regions. Although nurses …

Background In line with many countries worldwide, the Department of Health mandate to
Health Education England seeks to promote the diversity of applicants by widening …

This paper reports on the analysis of data from undergraduate nursing students who
participated in the Primary Health Care Intensive Programme (PHCIP) in far west New South …