Background The current shortage of primary care doctors and nurses is causing difficulties
in replacement, and this shortage is expected to increase. This situation is more pronounced …

Introduction: Although a large portion of the Canadian population lives in rural areas, there
remains a deficit in the number of family physicians serving these populations. We explored …

Objective: Identify the most important factors associated with choosing rural medical
practice. Design: Cross‐sectional design using a web survey to collect quantitative and …

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 …

There are difficulties with the recruitment and retention of healthcare staff to rural areas that
need to be addressed. Under-graduate medical placements can be used to raise students' …

In many countries the sustainability of rural healthcare systems is being challenged by a
shortage of rural physicians and difficulties in recruiting and retaining physicians in rural …

Aim This study aimed to explore what changes rural placement had on the perceptions of
nursing students and the impact of placement frequency and duration on student …

Introduction: This study is based on the metaphor of the'rural pipeline'into medical practice.
The four stages of the rural pipeline are:(1) contact between rural secondary schools and the …

Background: This paper examines factors influencing physicians' decisions to practise in
rural communities as well as the results of a programme focused on rural recruitment and …

Purpose A systematic review of factors associated with recruitment and retention of primary
care physicians in rural areas. Method Using PubMed and Medline databases, 21 …