The pathway to more rural doctors: the role of universities
McGrail, Matthew R., Doyle, Zelda, Fuller, Lara, Gupta, Tarun Sen, Shires, Lizzi, and Walters, Lucie (2023) The pathway to more rural doctors: the role of universities. The Medical journal of Australia, 219 (S3). S8-S13.
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Abstract
[Extract] Rural communities across Australia face an ongoing shortage of doctors, which reduces access to care and leads to poorer health outcomes for people living in rural areas. Significant undersupply exists, particularly in rural general practice, priority-need generalist specialties and rural generalism. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic exacerbated vacancies as immigration of international medical graduates came to a standstill and interstate movement of rural locum doctors reduced. The recently released National Medical Workforce Strategy emphasises the need to grow a workforce of our own that is fit for purpose, to deliver culturally safe and context-specific medical services to all Australian people. Over the past 20 years, there have been significant political and educational initiatives to increase the rural workforce, with accompanying research investigating their outcomes.
| Item ID: | 80325 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1326-5377 |
| Keywords: | Education, medical, Healthcare disparities, Resource allocation, Rural health services |
| Copyright Information: | © 2023 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2024 22:48 |
| FoR Codes: | 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4203 Health services and systems > 420321 Rural and remote health services @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280109 Expanding knowledge in education @ 40% 20 HEALTH > 2005 Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health) > 200508 Rural and remote area health @ 60% |
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