Going country: Rural student placement factors associated with future rural employment in nursing and allied health

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-19

  Playford, Denese ^a   Larson, Ann ^a   Wheatland, Belynda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rural allied health; Rural health recruitment; Rural health workforce; Rural nursing; Undergraduate placement

Indexed keywords

ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION; ALLIED HEALTH STUDENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; E-MAIL; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE; UNIVERSITY;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ODDS RATIO; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33644848169     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2006.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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