Student perspectives on the value of rural electives

African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Couper, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84948150650     PISSN: 20712928     EISSN: 20712936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v7i1.752     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Wilson NW, Couper ID, De Vries E, Reid S, Fish T, Marais BJ. A critical review of interventions to redress the inequitable distribution of healthcare professionals to rural and remote areas. Rural Remote Health. 2009;9(2):1060.
2. Grobler L, Marais BJ, Mabunda SA, Marindi PN, Reuter H, Volmink J. Interventions for increasing the proportion of health professionals practising in rural and other underserved areas. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009(1):CD005314.
3. World Health Organization. Increasing access to health workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2010.
4. Murdoch-Eaton D, Green A. The contribution and challenges of electives in the development of social accountability in medical students. Med Teach. 2011;33(8):643-648.
5. Hastings A, Dowell J, Eliasz MK. Medical student electives and learning outcomes for global health: A commentary on behalf of the UK Medical Schools Elective Council. Med Teach. 2014; 36(4):355-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/01421 59X. 2013.849330.
6. De Vries E, Reid S. Do South African medical students of rural origin return to rural practice? S Afr Med J. 2003;93(10):789-793.
7. Couper ID, Hugo JF, Conradie H, Mfenyana K. Influences on the choice of health professionals to practice in rural areas. S Afr Med J. 2007;97(11):1082-1086.
8. De Vries E, Irlam J, Couper I, Kornik S. Career plans of final-year medical students in South Africa. S Afr Med J. 2010;100(4):227-228.
9. Reid SJ, Couper ID, Volmink J. Educational factors that influence the urban-rural distribution of health professionals in South Africa: A case-control study. S Afr Med J. 2011;101(1):29-33.
10. Barrett FA, Lipsky MS, Lutfiyya MN. The impact of rural training experiences on medical students: A critical review. Acad Med. 2011;86(2):259-263. http://dx.doi. org/10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182046387.
11. Jeffrey J, Dumont RA, Kim GY, Kuo T. Effects of international health electives on medical student learning and career choice: Results of a systematic literature review. Fam Med. 2011;43(1):21-28.
12. Thompson MJ, Huntington MK, Hunt DD, Pinsky LE, Brodie JJ. Educational effects of international health electives on U.S. and Canadian medical students and residents: A literature review. Acad Med. 2003;78(3):342-47. http://dx.doi. org/10.1097/00001888-200303000-00023.
13. Tesson G, Curran V, Pong R, Strasser R. Advances in rural medical education in three countries: Canada, the United States and Australia. Educ Health (Abingdon). 2005;18(3):405-415. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13576280500289728.
14. Smith JK, Weaver DB. Capturing medical students' idealism. Ann Fam Med. 2006; 4 Suppl 1:S32-37; discussion S58-60.
15. Stagg P, Prideaux D, Greenhill J, Sweet L. Are medical students influenced by preceptors in making career choices, and if so how? A systematic review. Rural Remote Health. 2012;12:1832.
16. Walling A, Merando A. The fourth year of medical education: A literature review. Acad Med. 2010;85(11):1698-704. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0b013e318 1f52dc6.