This paper describes a rural immersive attachment program for allied health students at an
Australian University Department of Rural Health and its workforce outcomes. A mixed …

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

An Integrated Multidisciplinary Model of Education in Rural Settings (IMMERSe) program
was piloted in 2010 in a rural region of South Australia. The aim of the program was to place …

Introduction Pre-vocational placement experiences are known to considerably influence the
career preferences of health graduates and are a key factor in growing the rural allied health …

Background: This study followed the workforce choices of 10-years of graduates from a
longitudinal rural immersion programme, which involved living for one academic year in a …

Creating positive experiences in rural practice at the undergraduate level can influence
allied health students' attitudes to working rurally. This study aimed to evaluate allied health …

Background The maldistribution of the Australian health workforce contributes to restricted
accessibility and poorer health outcomes for rural and remote populations, especially …

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 …

In the period 1991–96, 156 undergraduates from 14 health disciplines at the University of
Sydney completed rural attachments in rural and remote areas of Australia as part of the …

Background A key strategy for increasing the supply of rural doctors is rurally located
medical education. In 2000, Australia introduced a national policy to increase rural …