Interdisciplinary health education and career choice in rural and underserved areas

Rhyne, Robert L.; Daniels, Zina M; Skipper, Betty J.; Sanders, Margaret; VanLeit, Betsy

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02475.x

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“…Some studies already reported the benefits of IPE on choice of employment (Norris, House, Schaad, Mas, & Kelday, 2003;Rhyne, Daniels, Skipper, Sanders, & Vanleit, 2006), cost benefits (Hansen, Jacobsen, & Larsen, 2009) and changes in attitude for CP (Anderson, Thorpe, Heney, & Petersen, 2009;Coleman, Roberts, Wulff, Van Zyl, & Newton, 2008;Gursoy, Ocek, Ciceklioglu, Aksu, & Soyer, 2008). These studies can help policy makers understand the importance of IPE in the academic setting.…”

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confidence: 91%

Attitudes of medical school deans toward interprofessional education in Western Pacific Region countries

Lee

Celletti

Makino

et al. 2012

Journal of Interprofessional Care

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To examine the attitudes of medical school deans toward interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative practice (CP), we conducted survey research in the Western Pacific Region. This regional survey was conducted as a collaborative research project with the World Health Organization. A survey was distributed to the medical school deans in Malaysia, the Philippines, Republic of Korea and Japan. Thirty-five surveys were returned from four countries. The survey demonstrated that many medical school deans have positive attitudes toward IPE and CP. However, respondents also reported that it is not easy to introduce interprofessional learning in their academic settings. It is suggested that collaboration between education systems and health systems is needed to introduce IPE in the academic setting. The possible role of international organizations is mentioned. This information helps to identify local efforts on which global health organizations and national governments can build.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Attitudes of medical school deans toward interprofessional education in Western Pacific Region countries

Lee

Celletti

Makino

et al. 2012

Journal of Interprofessional Care

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“…12,24,30,32,34,43 However, these articles have limitations as most of them investigate intention immediately after exposure to rural practice and do not follow through to actual practice location after graduation. Although this scoping review has identified 31 articles with some relevance to this area, many of these articles are narrative and some have limitations in terms of very small sample sizes.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Twenty-five articles broadly discussed rural placements, with seven including interprofessional learning, [18][19][20][21][22][23][24] four discussing community and cultural exposure 17,25-27 and seven reporting on intention to practice in a rural area. Twenty-five articles broadly discussed rural placements, with seven including interprofessional learning, [18][19][20][21][22][23][24] four discussing community and cultural exposure 17,25-27 and seven reporting on intention to practice in a rural area.…”

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Scoping the impact of curriculum and placement on the rural pharmacy workforce

Taylor

Glass

2018

Australian J Rural Health

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Objective: The objective of this review was to scope the impact of university rural curriculum and rural clinical placements on students' intentions to practise rurally and rural pharmacists' choice of rural practice. Design: The scoping review used Arskey and O'Malley's methodological framework, searching the following databases: MEDLINE, CINAHL, Informit and Scopus. This scoping review followed PRISMA for article reporting. Setting: Studies were selected from those conducted in Australia, USA, Canada and Africa. Participants: Pharmacy undergraduate students, interns, registered and academic pharmacists were included. Main Outcome Measure: The pharmacy curriculum at universities and placements undertaken, specifically in rural and remote settings, were evaluated to determine their influence on intention to practise as a rural pharmacist. Results: The search strategy generated 294 records, 31 of which were included in the scoping review. Key findings were mapped to two domains, which broadly included the impact of rural placements and curriculum on intention to practise rurally. Some universities have attempted to introduce a rural curriculum, but reported resources as a barrier and the lack of resulting evidence of students' intention to practise rurally. Although results indicate rural placements have had a positive influence on students' intention to work rurally, this intention has been measured immediately after exposure to rural practice and might not reflect future intentions. Conclusion: This review highlights significant gaps in the impact particularly of a rural curriculum and rural clinical placements in relation to the current rural pharmacist workforce. A greater understanding of this topic may guide recommendations for future strategies to address rural pharmacy workforce maldistribution.

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“…The early success of the NODIP program in preparing graduates for practice in rural and northern communities adds to the literature underscoring the importance of rural placements as a recruitment tool for dietitians 29 and other allied health professionals 30 . Placements in isolated northern 31 and Indigenous communities 32 have similar effects.…”

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Strengthening the rural dietetics workforce: examining early effects of the Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship Program on recruitment and retention

Hill

Raftis

Wakewich

2017

Rural Remote Health

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A B S T R A C TIntroduction: As with other allied health professions, recruitment and retention of dietitians to positions in rural and isolated positions is challenging. The aim of this study was to examine the early effects of the Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship Program (NODIP) on recruitment and retention of dietitians to rural and northern dietetics practice. The program is unique in being the only postgraduate dietetics internship program in Canada that actively selects candidates who have a desire to live and work in northern and rural areas. Objectives of the survey were to track the early career experiences of the first five cohorts (2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012) of NODIP graduates, with an emphasis on employment in underserviced rural and northern areas of Ontario. Methods: NODIP graduates (62) were invited to complete a 27-item, self-administered, mailed questionnaire approximately 22 months after graduation. The survey, reflecting issues identified in the rural allied health and dietetics literature, documented their work history, practice locations, employment settings, roles, future career intentions and rural background. Aggregated data were analyzed descriptively to assess their early work experiences, with a focus on their acceptance of positions in rural and northern communities. Items also assessed professional and personal factors influencing their most recent decisions concerning practice locations.© ME Hill, D Raftis, P Wakewich, 2016. A Licence to publish this material has been given to James Cook University, http://www.jcu.edu.au 2 Results: Three-quarters of graduates chose organizations serving rural or northern communities for their first employment positions and two-thirds were practicing in rural and underserviced areas when surveyed. Most worked as clinical, community health or public health dietitians, in diverse settings including clinics, hospitals and diabetes care programs. Although most had found permanent positions, working for more than one employer at a time was not uncommon. Factors affecting practice choices included prior awareness of employers, prospects for full-time employment, flexible working conditions, access to interprofessional practice and continuing education, as well as community and family concerns. Intentions to remain in current positions were also shaped by a mixture of professional and personal considerations. Some would relocate in search of opportunities for specialization; a few would leave due to dissatisfaction with employment conditions and disinterest in work; others would move due to personal and family commitments. Conclusions: This study provides early evidence that the NODIP distributed and community-engaged learning model has been very successful in its goal of augmenting the rural and northern dietetics workforce, with a majority of graduates accepting and remaining in rural positions during their first 2 years of practice. Whether graduates remain in rural practice, however, depends on a number of other factors, including career aspirati...

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Interdisciplinary health education and career choice in rural and underserved areas

Abstract: Participation in RHIP and other rural training experiences may stimulate subsequent career choices in rural and underserved locations for Pharmacy and Therapies students. Other studies are needed to confirm these findings and answer questions raised by these data.

Cited by 11 publications

References 18 publications

Attitudes of medical school deans toward interprofessional education in Western Pacific Region countries

Attitudes of medical school deans toward interprofessional education in Western Pacific Region countries

Scoping the impact of curriculum and placement on the rural pharmacy workforce

Strengthening the rural dietetics workforce: examining early effects of the Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship Program on recruitment and retention

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