The role of medical education in the recruitment and retention of rural physicians.

摘要: In many countries the sustainability of rural healthcare systems is being challenged by a shortage physicians and difficulties in recruiting retaining practice. There are numerous factors that influence efforts physician recruitment retention, which beyond scope academic medical centre education. Nevertheless, there strategies schools can adopt to contribute recruit retain communities. Rural student recruitment, admissions policies, rural-oriented curriculum, practice learning experiences, faculty values attitudes, advanced procedural skills training areas school has direct control have been shown likelihood students entering primary care The purpose this paper elaborate on some key identified literature.