Title |
Engaging rural preceptors in new longitudinal community clerkships during workforce shortage: a qualitative study
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Published in |
BMC Primary Care, September 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2296-12-103 |
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Authors |
Judith N Hudson, Kathryn M Weston, Elizabeth A Farmer |
Abstract |
In keeping with its mission to produce doctors for rural and regional Australia, the University of Wollongong, Graduate School of Medicine has established an innovative model of clinical education. This includes a 12-month integrated community-based clerkship in a regional or rural setting, offering senior students longitudinal participation in a 'community of practice' with access to continuity of patient care experiences, continuity of supervision and curriculum, and individualised personal and professional development. This required developing new teaching sites, based on attracting preceptors and providing them with educational and physical infrastructure. A major challenge was severe health workforce shortages. |
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United States | 1 | 100% |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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Canada | 2 | 2% |
Bangladesh | 1 | 1% |
Indonesia | 1 | 1% |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 11% |
Student > Master | 11 | 11% |
Other | 9 | 9% |
Researcher | 9 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 7% |
Other | 29 | 30% |
Unknown | 20 | 21% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 33% |
Social Sciences | 16 | 17% |
Psychology | 7 | 7% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 5% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 3% |
Other | 10 | 10% |
Unknown | 23 | 24% |