Supervision, support and mentoring interventions for health practitioners in rural and remote contexts: An integrative review and thematic synthesis of the literature to identify mechanisms for successful outcomes

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Moran, Anna M ^a   Coyle, Julia ^a   Pope, Rod ^a   Boxall, Dianne ^a   Nancarrow, Susan A ^b   Young, Jennifer ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

health practitioner; mechanism; professional development; rural; Supervision; synthesis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; TEACHER;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MENTORS; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84896714705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-12-10     Document Type: Article

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