Context: In rural areas across Australia the recruitment and retention of adequate numbers
of medical specialists, including psychiatrists, has been a long outstanding problem. Latrobe …

Introduction There is a long standing and worsening shortage of psychiatrists in Australia
particularly in rural areas. The majority of psychiatrists work in major cities. Objective To …

Objective: New Zealand is suspected of sharing other countries' difficulties of having
inadequate numbers of practising psychiatrists and attracting psychiatrists to work outside its …

Objectives: To identify challenges faced by psychiatrists working in New Zealand's non-
metropolitan areas and identify strategies that New Zealand psychiatrists use to overcome …

The recruitment, retention and training of mental health workers is of major concern in rural
Australia, and the Gippsland region of Victoria is no exception. Previous studies have …

Objective: To examine the experience of psychiatry training in rural New South Wales.
Method: All rural trainees in New South Wales and key psychiatrists involved in their training …

T. Glen Snyder and Shailesh Kumar e are foreign trained psychiatrists. We came to New
Zealand for adventure, to learn about a new culture, to expand our horizons and to practise …

The Gippsland region of Victoria, in common with other Australian rural and regional areas,
is experiencing a shortage of qualified mental health professionals. Attracting mental health …

In 2009, the Royal College of Psychiatrists piloted a system for national recruitment to the
first year of training (CT1) in England. This paper reviews the changes in recruitment of UK …

Objective: To identify strategies local managers can use to optimise recruitment and
retention of mental health staff in rural locations. Design: Forty‐one staff were interviewed …