Objective: To measure the rate and predictors of health science graduates joining the rural
health workforce following a rural placement. Design: Longitudinal survey including the …

Introduction: Very little is known about the long term workforce outcomes, or factors relating
to these outcomes, for nursing and allied health rural placement programs. The positive …

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 …

Objective Combined, nursing and allied health constitute most of the Australian health
workforce; yet, little is known about graduate practice destinations. University Departments …

Introduction: Each year growing numbers of undergraduate health science students, from a
variety of disciplines, participate in a University of Tasmania Department of Rural Health …

Rural health and government bodies have identified the need for greater numbers of health
professionals in rural and remote health care settings. Providing students with the …

Education plays a key role in recruitment of health workforce to rural and remote locations. In
Australia, Schools of Nursing have set up a variety of educational programmes to encourage …

Commonwealth Government health policy and professional organizations have indicated
that successful recruitment and retention strategies are crucial to address the shortage of …

Providing rural and remote clinical experiences for undergraduate nursing students could
help address future recruitment in these areas, but adequate financial support for students …

Background Rural and remote areas of Australia are facing serious health workforce
shortages. While a number of schemes have been developed to improve recruitment to and …