This literature review describes the impact of health professional schools with a social
accountability mandate by identifying characteristics of medical education found to impact …

Remote health has been differentiated from rural health in Australia and defined as isolated,
with poor service access and a relatively high proportion of Indigenous residents …

Objective: Rural and remote health research has highlighted the many problems
experienced in the bush. While attention to problems has raised awareness of the needs of …

Objective: To describe the nursing workforce in very remote Australia, characteristics and
key issues. Methods: Data were collected from four main sources: the refined CRANAplus …

Abstract Aim and Objective To delineate contemporary practice of registered nurses working
in rural and remote areas of Australia. Background Despite the implementation of strategies …

Objective Remote area nurses provide primary health care services to isolated communities
across Australia. They manage acute health issues, chronic illness, health promotion and …

A responsive curriculum addresses the changing needs of students, bridging the gap
between universal knowledge and theories on one hand and contextual, continuously …

Introduction: Developing and retaining a high quality medical workforce, especially within
low-resource countries has been a world-wide challenge exacerbated by a lack of medical …

Medical education in Australia is increasingly delivered through longitudinal placements in
general practice and other community settings. Early meaningful exposure to patients has …

Objective: This paper argues that rural and remote health is in need of theoretical
development. Design: Based on the authors' discussions, reflections and critical analyses of …