Predictors of remote practice location in the first seven cohorts of James Cook University MBBS graduates

Woolley, Torres; Gupta, Tarun Sen; Bellei, Maria

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“…Although ACEM is not an industrial body, and has no role in hiring or placing FACEMs and trainees, it is a key stakeholder in addressing the current maldistribution of the Australian and New Zealand EM workforce . Having a SIFT process that favours trainees with experience working in regional, remote or rural sites and/or motivation to practise in these areas may help address rural emergency workforce shortages . This would also need to be supported by an increase in high‐quality regional, remote and rural training places, which in turn relies on increased number of FACEMs employed at these facilities to support training delivery.…”

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Selection into Emergency Medicine fellowship training: Is it a fair game?

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Brichko

2017

Emerg Medicine Australasia

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Selection into Emergency Medicine fellowship training: Is it a fair game?

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Brichko

2017

Emerg Medicine Australasia

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“…This is most stark in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island populations who suffer disproportionately from many health issues, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and renal disease, and largely reside in rural areas. [3][4][5] Despite progress in regional and 'more attractive' rural communities, medical workforce remains heavily metropolitan-based. 2 These have been shown to influence rural career preference, particularly when combined.…”

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“…3,7,8 WP refers to proportional inclusion of students representing the broader community, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, mature age students, ethnic and cultural groups and students with a disability. 4,[10][11][12] Australian rural medical education initiatives target 25% of commencing medical students to have a rural background. 9 These strategies have been adopted most strongly by 'socially accountable' medical schools, defined as those that 'direct their education, research and service activities towards addressing the priority health concerns of the community, region and/or nation they have a mandate to serve'.…”

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“…2 These have been shown to influence rural career preference, particularly when combined. [3][4][5] Despite progress in regional and 'more attractive' rural communities, medical workforce remains heavily metropolitan-based. 6 Widening participation (WP) and widening access (WA) are two different strategies that aim to increase the diversity of medical students entering medical school, premised to increase culturally and socially appropriate health care to help overcome disparity.…”

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“…9 These strategies have been adopted most strongly by 'socially accountable' medical schools, defined as those that 'direct their education, research and service activities towards addressing the priority health concerns of the community, region and/or nation they have a mandate to serve'. 4,[10][11][12] Australian rural medical education initiatives target 25% of commencing medical students to have a rural background. One persistent controversy that influences all rural initiatives is the definition of rurality and remoteness.…”

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Building a medical workforce in Tasmania: A profile of medical student intake

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Hays

Allen

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Australian J Rural Health

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Objective: To identify under-represented groups in a medical school intake. Design: Descriptive analysis of student demographic characteristics. Setting: One state-wide medical school. Participants: All students enrolled between 2010 and 2016. Main outcome measure(s): Proportion of students from regional and rural areas, state versus independent schools, highest parental qualification, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students. Results: Of 819 students, 472 (57.6%) were from Tasmania, five (1.1%) identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders, 335 (71.0%) completed their secondary education at independent schools and 137 (29.0%) at government schools. The overall median Modified Monash Model was 2 (range 1-6) and median Australia Statistical Geography Standard Remoteness Area was 2 (inner regional: range 1-4), reflecting that a majority came from one of the two main cities. Over two-thirds (69.5%) had a parent with a Bachelor degree or higher qualification, regardless of the school attended. Just under half (225, 47.7%) of all Tasmanian students attended a secondary school with a parental contribution of ≥$5000 per annum. These students attended a small number of independent schools, with the proportion relatively stable over the period from 2010 to 2016. Conclusion: Widening participation and widening access initiatives to graduate doctors who understand and want to work in communities in need might not be working as well in Tasmania as elsewhere in Australia. Social accountability might be improved by adapting a rural classification that reflects the demographic profile of Tasmania.

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Designing medical internships to improve recruitment and retention of doctors in rural areas

Gaski

Abelsen

2017

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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Background: The medical internship as a way of exposing young doctors to training in a rural context is regarded as a useful tool to recruit and retain doctors in rural areas. Norwegian health authorities tested an arrangement of early sign-up for medical internships in the Finnmark County in Norway. Objective: To report on the effects of the early sign-up for medical internship. Design: This study compares the choice of workplace after internship among physicians who signed up early with those candidates assigned to the raffle model of internship in the study area, and in a comparison area experiencing similar recruitment and retention problems. Results: The proportion of interns who signed up early that still worked as physicians in the study area by April 2014 (29%) was twice as high as among the regular interns (15%) and interns in the comparison area (14%). Among the 59 interns who signed up early still working in the study area in April 2014, 33% had grown up in this area. However, the greatest benefits were for the most densely populated municipalities in the study area. Conclusions: The early sign-up model had a net contribution of proving additional physicians in the study area.

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Predictors of remote practice location in the first seven cohorts of James Cook University MBBS graduates

Cited by 21 publications

References 8 publications

Selection into Emergency Medicine fellowship training: Is it a fair game?

Selection into Emergency Medicine fellowship training: Is it a fair game?

Building a medical workforce in Tasmania: A profile of medical student intake

Designing medical internships to improve recruitment and retention of doctors in rural areas

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