Informing rural and remote students about careers in health: The effect of Health Careers Workshops on course selection

Eley, Robert; Hindmarsh, Natalie; Buikstra, Elizabeth

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00851.x

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“…The first stage, 'making career choices' (structured contact between secondary schools and health professionals), includes promotion of health careers such as medicine, nursing and allied health [36]. …”

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Interventions for supporting nurse retention in rural and remote areas: an umbrella review

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ContextRetention of nursing staff is a growing concern in many countries, especially in rural, remote or isolated regions, where it has major consequences on the accessibility of health services.PurposeThis umbrella review aims to synthesize the current evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to promote nurse retention in rural or remote areas, and to present a taxonomy of potential strategies to improve nurse retention in those regions.MethodsWe conducted an overview of systematic reviews, including the following steps: exploring scientific literature through predetermined criteria and extracting relevant information by two independents reviewers. We used the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses) criteria in order to assess the quality of the reports.FindingsOf 517 screened publications, we included five reviews. Two reviews showed that financial-incentive programs have substantial evidence to improve the distribution of human resources for health. The other three reviews highlighted supportive relationships in nursing, information and communication technologies support and rural health career pathways as factors influencing nurse retention in rural and remote areas. Overall, the quality of the reviews was acceptable.ConclusionsThis overview provides a guide to orient future rural and remote nurse retention interventions. We distinguish four broad types of interventions: education and continuous professional development interventions, regulatory interventions, financial incentives, and personal and professional support. More knowledge is needed regarding the effectiveness of specific strategies to address the factors known to contribute to nurse retention in rural and remote areas. In order to ensure knowledge translation, retention strategies should be rigorously evaluated using appropriate designs.

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“…Overall half of the students changed their course selection as a result of attending the workshop. 13 It seems that for some students, the workshop was able to provide enough information about potential health careers in a manner that led to a more informed and realistic planning for their futures. This supports other work (e. g.…”

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“…As a result several participants changed the program in which they wished to enrol. 13 They might have done so to be confident of meeting the required OP and thus it ceased to be a factor.…”

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Informing rural and remote students about careers in health: Factors influencing career decisions

Buikstra

Eley

Hindmarsh

2007

Australian J Rural Health

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“…Research into health careers in general indicates that providing pharmacy-specific career progression workshops in schools may increase the number of students applying to pharmacy programs and seeking pharmacy-related jobs. 12,19 Career advisors can play an important role in students' career decisions and the information they provide to students can influence their potential career choices. 7,9,10 Our study indicated that almost two thirds of respondents had received requests about pharmacy as a career in the previous 5 years.…”

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“…Research indicates that rural areas lack access to promotional activities compared to urban areas. 12,19 Student-centered approaches taken by some career advisors in our study included referring students to pharmacists and arranging work experience, although these were used less often than activities such as one-on-one consultations and encouraging attendance at university open days. This is possibly due to challenges associated with finding available pharmacists with sufficient time to talk to interested students.…”

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What Secondary School Career Advisors in New Zealand Know about Pharmacy and How that Knowledge Affects Student Career Choices

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Cooper

Liu

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American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To explore what career advisors at secondary schools (high schools) in New Zealand know about the pharmacy profession, how they obtain that knowledge, and what their potential influence is on students' decisions to study pharmacy. Methods. This study employed a cross sectional questionnaire design. A postal questionnaire was sent to 250 randomly selected secondary schools in New Zealand. Results. The response rate was 112/248 (45%). Responding career advisors were familiar with many of the roles of pharmacists (mean knowledge score 11.5 out of 16). Over 90% of career advisors were familiar with the roles of pharmacists in the community setting; however, many had a poorer understanding of other pharmacist roles. One suggestion for improving the promotion of pharmacy within secondary schools was a greater involvement of pharmacists and pharmacy students in the promotion of pharmacy as a profession. Conclusion. Career advisors need a broader understanding of the potential roles of pharmacists. Increasing contact from practicing pharmacists and undergraduate pharmacy students are potential ways of increasing student interest in pharmacy.

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Informing rural and remote students about careers in health: The effect of Health Careers Workshops on course selection

Cited by 18 publications

References 4 publications

Interventions for supporting nurse retention in rural and remote areas: an umbrella review

Interventions for supporting nurse retention in rural and remote areas: an umbrella review

Informing rural and remote students about careers in health: Factors influencing career decisions

What Secondary School Career Advisors in New Zealand Know about Pharmacy and How that Knowledge Affects Student Career Choices

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