Is the national registration website (Australian health practitioner regulation agency) effective in tracking Australian medical graduates' rural work?

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 249-253

  Playford, Denese ^a   Power, Phoebe ^a   Boothroyd, Alarna ^a   Manickavasagar, Usha ^a   Ng, Wen Qi ^a   Riley, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education training; Research and education; Rural workforce issue; Workforce planning; Workforce recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION/TRAINING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REGISTER; RESEARCH AND EDUCATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL WORKFORCE ISSUE; STANDARD; WORKFORCE PLANNING; WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT;

EDUCATION/TRAINING; RESEARCH AND EDUCATION; RURAL WORKFORCE ISSUE; WORKFORCE PLANNING; WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAREER CHOICE; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; REGISTRIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84885456160     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajr.12055     Document Type: Article

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