Rural training strategies

AIM

To provide a comprehensive guide, including foundation principles for building the rural physician workforce through training and support strategies.

Project contact

A/Prof Matthew McGrail

Findings and outcomes to date

McGrail M, Adegbija O, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S. (2021). Characterising Australia's rural specialist physician workforce: the professional profile and professional satisfaction of junior doctors and consultants, The Medical Journal of Australia, 215(1): S1-S33

Hill P, Jennaway M, O'Sullivan B. (2021). General physicians and paediatricians in rural Australia: the social construction of professional identity, The Medical Journal of Australia, 215(1): S1-S33

Ostini R. (2021). How and where physicians learn their craft are central to determining where their medical careers unfold, The Medical Journal of Australia, 215(1): S1-S33

Ostini R, O'Sullivan B, Strasser S. (2021). Principles to guide training and professional support for a sustainable rural specialist physician workforce, The Medical Journal of Australia, 215(1): S1-S33

Selvey L, Boyle F, Dettrick Z, Ostini R, Eley D. (2021). Sustainable rural physician training: leadership in a fragile environment, The Medical Journal of Australia, 215(1): S1-S33

Further information is available on the project’s website.

AIM

To provide new evidence of associations between medical training pathways and workforce distribution for rural communities

Project contact

A/Prof Matthew McGrail

Findings and outcomes to date

Bingham A, O'Sullivan B, Couch D, Cresser S, McGrail M, Major L. (2021). How rural immersion training influences rural work orientation of medical students: theory building through realist evaluation. Medical Teacher, 43(12): 1398-1405

McGrail M, O'Sullivan B & Russell D. (2019). Rural work and specialty choices of international students graduating from Australian medical schools: Implications for policy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16: 5056