OBJECTIVE: To provide data on the career trajectories of medical students from rural and remote workforce programs at Flinders University (the Parallel Rural Community Curriculum [PRCC] and the Northern Territory Clinical School [NTCS]), comparing them with students at the urban Flinders Medical Centre (FMC). DESIGN: Retrospective postal survey of all 150 graduates who undertook their Year 3 study in the period 1998-2000. OUTCOME MEASURE: Associations with career preference, assessed using univariate analyses and multivariate regression. RESULTS: PRCC and NTCS graduates were more likely to choose rural career paths than graduates from FMC. The odds ratios were 19.1 (95% CI, 3.4-106.3; P < 0.001) and 4.3 (95% CI, 1.2-14.8; P = 0.026), respectively, after adjusting for age and rural background. There was no difference in the specialty choices of graduates of the three programs. CONCLUSION: This study provides evidence that clinical attachments designed to increase the rural and remote medical workforce do fulfil this objective.
OBJECTIVE: To provide data on the career trajectories of medical students from rural and remote workforce programs at Flinders University (the Parallel Rural Community Curriculum [PRCC] and the Northern Territory Clinical School [NTCS]), comparing them with students at the urban Flinders Medical Centre (FMC). DESIGN: Retrospective postal survey of all 150 graduates who undertook their Year 3 study in the period 1998-2000. OUTCOME MEASURE: Associations with career preference, assessed using univariate analyses and multivariate regression. RESULTS: PRCC and NTCS graduates were more likely to choose rural career paths than graduates from FMC. The odds ratios were 19.1 (95% CI, 3.4-106.3; P < 0.001) and 4.3 (95% CI, 1.2-14.8; P = 0.026), respectively, after adjusting for age and rural background. There was no difference in the specialty choices of graduates of the three programs. CONCLUSION: This study provides evidence that clinical attachments designed to increase the rural and remote medical workforce do fulfil this objective.
Authors: A O'Regan; A Culhane; C Dunne; M Griffin; D Meagher; D McGrath; P O'Dwyer; W Cullen Journal: Ir J Med Sci Date: 2012-12-25 Impact factor: 1.568
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