Abstract Objective To review Australian literature on initiatives used to provide support for
pre‐registration health students undertaking a rural placement. Design A scoping literature …

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

Introduction: Through rural clinical schools (RCSs), medical students may undertake an
extended block of clinical training in rural Australia. The premise of these placements is that …

Introduction Australia has a doctor shortage in rural settings, and rural placements for
medical students have an important role in increasing the likelihood of students staying in …

Introduction Health workforce shortages have driven the Australian and other Western
governments to invest in engaging more health professional students in rural and remote …

Introduction: Student attachments in rural locations have been instigated, in part to foster
positive attitudes to rural practice and encourage rural recruitment. Based on medical and …

Health professionals require specific knowledge and a broad range of skills and attributes to
work and reside in rural environments. It is important students are offered the opportunity to …

Abstract Aims and Context As a University Department of Rural Health, we have identified
recurrent areas of service need among vulnerable rural populations, specifically the need for …

Abstract Introduction: In 2005, the University of Notre Dame School of Medicine (Western
Australia) established a mandatory, non-clinical rural and remote (hereafter termed rural) …

Abstract Objective Members of the National Rural Health Student Network have expressed
concerns that the quality and accessibility of rural placements might vary between health …