Outcomes of Australian Rural Clinical Schools: A Decade of Success Building the Rural Medical Workforce Through the Education and Training Continuum

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1-14

  Greenhill, J A ^a   Walker, J ^b   Playford, D ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; clinical placements; community engagement; medical education; medical workforce; rural clinical schools

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANPOWER; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNIVERSITY;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CAPITAL FINANCING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRECEPTORSHIP; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84953343944     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22605/RRH2991     Document Type: Article

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