Abstract Both Canada and Australia are facing severe shortages of primary health workers,
and these shortages are exacerbated in rural and remote communities. This literature review …

Purpose To examine the literature documenting successes in recruiting and retaining rural
primary care physicians. Method The authors conducted a narrative review of literature on …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To investigate the reasons for family medicine graduates' career
choices. DESIGN Qualitative study using focus groups and one-on-one interviews. SETTING …

Abstract Background/Objective: The rural physician shortage remains an international crisis.
Rural rotations are commonly used to address the issue. This review assesses the …

" Context: This report describes the community context, concept and mission of The Faculty
of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland (Memorial), Canada, and its' pathways …

Abstract Objective To assess Memorial University of Newfoundland's (MUN's) commitment to
a comprehensive pathways approach to rural family practice, and to determine the national …

An understanding of the contextual, professional, and personal factors that affect choice of
practice location for physicians is needed to support successful strategies in addressing …

Objectives To investigate the effects of extended short-term medical training placements in
small rural and remote communities on postgraduate work location. Design and setting …

Objective To develop a framework for a successful rural family medicine training program
and to assess the potential for a rural family medicine residency training program using the …

Place-based education is a label recently applied to a curricular and instructional approach
designed to help students learn about their immediate surroundings by capitalizing on their …