Background: In 2018, Stellenbosch University's Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health led a
faculty initiative to expand undergraduate health professions training to a new site, 9 hours …

Background: There is an urgent need to scale up global action on rural workforce
development. This World Health Organization-sponsored research aimed to develop a Rural …

BACKGROUND: Clinical training is one of the roles of family physicians (FPs) in
decentralised postgraduate training. Effective training requires skilled trainers and sufficient …

Introduction Retention of rural doctors is a problem in many countries. A previous study has
identified resilience as a factor associated with longer retention. However, this needs a …

Background: South Africa is faced with an overburdened public healthcare system and
physiotherapists need to be equipped to address these challenges. Community-based …

Increasing numbers of health professions students are being trained in healthcare facilities
that are geographically removed from central academic hospitals. Consequently, studies …

Abstract Background Sub‐Saharan Africa faces the highest relative need for health care
workers in the world and the emigration of physicians significantly contributes to this deficit …

Issue: A significant component of health professions education is focussed on students'
exposure to the social determinants of health and the challenges that patients within the …

Introduction: Globally, most countries struggle to meet the health needs of rural communities.
This has resulted in rural areas performing poorly when compared to urban areas in terms of …

This case study research, informed by an Indigenous Research Paradigm, sought to
ascertain the impact of a university's decentralised health faculty Aboriginal engagement …