Introduction: Workforce development is a key strategy for building the capacity and capability
of a workforce. Accordingly, rural and remote practising allied health professionals require …

Background Australians living in rural and remote areas have access to considerably fewer
doctors compared with populations in major cities. Despite plentiful, descriptive data about …

Background The diverse rural medical education initiatives that have been developed in
Australia to address the medical workforce maldistribution have been less successful in …

Introduction Rural and remote communities face significant disadvantages accessing health
services and have a high risk of poor health outcomes. Workforce challenges in these areas …

Objective To evaluate the development and implementation of the Allied Health Rural
Generalist Program, a two‐level online post‐graduate education program, which includes …

Background Allied health professionals play a critical role in enhancing health outcomes in
primary and tertiary settings. Issues affecting the recruitment and retention of allied health …

Introduction: Interprofessional collaboration and effective teamwork are core to optimising
rural health outcomes; however, little is known about the opportunities available for …

Rural and remote communities are challenged by an incongruous combination of poorer
health and deficits of health professionals. Health professionals working in rural and remote …

Background Canada's North is a diverse, sparsely populated land, where inequalities and
public health issues are evident, particularly for Aboriginal people. The Northern public …

Strategies are urgently needed to foster rural general practitioners (GPs) with the skills and
professional support required to adequately address healthcare needs in smaller, often …