Optimal training of the future workforce is essential if we are to deliver effective healthcare in
all situations and circumstances. Doctors will need to have the appropriate knowledge and …

Objective: To obtain the views of the current remote and rural consultant physicians with
regards to their opinion on components of an ideal training programme for an aspirant …

Medical education fails to prepare young doctors for the nature of the work they will
encounter. Doctors face a rapidly changing medical landscape, which relies more and more …

'Introduction': Early postgraduate, or junior doctors, are still required to practise in rural and
remote communities, and they continue to face numerous issues and difficulties. Within the …

The considerable increase in the proportion of respondents intending to work in regional
cities and large towns (pop. 25,000-100,000) between entering (18.3%) and exiting medical …

Most doctors in the UK train in urban areas and tertiary centres are considered centres of
excellence for training, with rural district general hospitals often seen as a training …

Abstract Background In 2001, the Department of Health produced the Improving Working
Lives (IWL) for Doctors document. This is the first national survey which asks hospital …

Smaller acute general hospitals, especially those in remote and rural locations, provide vital
services to their populations who might otherwise struggle to access safe and effective …

There'sa degree of satisfaction when one sees a gap in medical education being identified,
an evidence-based intervention put in place, and then the whole thing evaluated to see if it's …

AIMS: The aim of the study was to assess medical workforce needs of New Zealand rural
hospitals. METHODS: We undertook a survey of all the managers of rural hospitals in New …