A decade of Rural Clinical School research: a PubMed review

Bailey, Jannine; Mendis, Kumara; Dutton, Tegan; Stevens, Wendy; McCrossin, Timothy

doi:10.22605/rrh3353

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“…The establishment of rural academic centres have led to the growth in rural health research activity, which in turn has made a valuable contribution to targeted research serving the unique needs of rural residents, whilst at the same time better informing rural health policy [ 66 ]. In Bailey et al’s PubMed review on Rural Clinical Schools (RCS) research in Australia, they found that there was an increase in Australian Rural Health (ARH), with Rural Clinical Training and Support Programmes (RCTS) publications increasing from 10 in 2004 to 49 in 2013 [ 66 ]. Lyle et al [ 57 ] also noted that rural and remote academic centres substantially contributed to growing knowledge about rural and remote health.…”

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What are the impacts of setting up new medical schools? A narrative review

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Background The growth of the UK’s population together with an aging society with increasingly complex health and social care needs has placed a greater demand on statutory care services. In view of this emerging landscape, the UK Government has sought to increase its medically trained workforce in order to better respond to the demands placed on the health service. Five universities were announced as homes to new medical schools offering undergraduate places to boost the numbers of doctors training in England. The aim of this narrative review was to explore how new medical schools could improve the health outcomes of the local population and evaluate the potential contribution it may make to the local economy, workforce and to research and innovation. Methods A narrative review was undertaken using a systematic approach for the search literature strategy. The articles were evaluated by undertaking a critical assessment evaluating the fitness of a paper for review according to results, methods used to test the hypothesis, conclusions and impact and limitations. Thematic analysis was employed to organise and summarise the findings across a heterogeneous body of literature included in the review. The analysis was developed in an inductive manner and there were not any predefined themes to guide data extraction and analysis. Results Thirty-six articles were selected for inclusion for this narrative review. The review identified six key themes: influence of prior rural exposure, medical school environment and rural enrichment programmes, workforce, health outcomes of local populations, social accountability, economic contribution of medical schools to communities and impact on rural research. Conclusions The studies included found a wealth of information on a wide-range of topics on the expansion of undergraduate education and its implications on the future medical workforce. It was shown that medical schools can have a positive effect on the health, social, economic and research activity of a region, but this literature tended to be heterogeneous in focus without consideration of the inter-connections between the wider societal and economic impacts arising from long-term sustainable change being brought to a region.

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“…Like Bailey et al [ 12 ], in their examination of a decade of Australian rural health research, we identified a large proportion of publications emanating from the UCRH that were not rural focused. As such, it became evident from our study that building a rural health research network requires collaboration with a variety of organisations, including research organisations in urban and international settings that may not be focused on rural research.…”

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“…Over the past 25 years, successive Australian governments have been investing in improving rural health through a variety of initiatives, such as the Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training (RHMT) program that invests in 21 universities to establish a network of rural health teaching and research centres [ 8 – 10 ]. Over time these centres have built rural research capability and capacity [ 9 , 11 ], with a concomitant increase in the number of research publications on rural health [ 5 , 9 , 12 – 15 ].…”

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Patterns of collaboration and knowledge generated by an Australian rural research centre over 20 years: a co-authorship network analysis

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et al. 2023

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Background People living in rural areas have poorer health than their urban counterparts. Although rural health research centres have been promoted as vehicles for improving rural health by contributing evidence to address rural health disadvantage and building research capacity, their characteristics and evolution are poorly understood. Collaboration is known to have an important positive influence on research outputs and research quality. In this study we examine publication outputs from an Australian rural research centre to evaluate how researchers have engaged in research collaboration over a two-decade period. Methods A retrospective longitudinal study of publications in peer-reviewed journals from a rural research centre—University Centre for Rural Health (UCRH) —between January 2002 and December 2021. Organisational co-author networks across four periods (2002–2006; 2007–2011; 2012–2016; 2017–2021) were constructed based on author organisational affiliations and examined using social network analysis methods. Descriptive characteristics included organisation types, study design, region of study focus, thematic research trends, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and female authorship, and journal characteristics. Results We identified 577 publications with 130 different UCRH-affiliated authors. Publications and the co-author network increased in number and diversity over each period, with an acceleration and a consolidation of the network in the final period. Over time there was an increase in publications related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, coupled with an increase in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authorship and collaborations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations; rise in female senior authorship and publication in quartile 1 journals. About two-thirds of publications make no reference to regional or remote populations. Conclusion Collaboration in publications increased, expanded, and consolidated, which coincided with an increase in the number and diversity of both co-authoring organisations and UCRH-affiliated authors in the final period. The findings highlight the value of collaborations (including urban and international) in building and strengthening rural health research capacity. With increased capacity and consolidation of the network it is now imperative that research becomes more focussed on understanding and addressing rural health inequities.

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A decade of Rural Clinical School research: a PubMed review

Cited by 2 publications

References 9 publications

What are the impacts of setting up new medical schools? A narrative review

What are the impacts of setting up new medical schools? A narrative review

Patterns of collaboration and knowledge generated by an Australian rural research centre over 20 years: a co-authorship network analysis

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