Demonstrating a new approach to planning and monitoring rural medical training distribution to meet population need in North West Queensland
Demonstrating a new approach to planning and monitoring rural medical training distribution to meet population need in North West Queensland
BMC Health Services Research
- Author(s): McGrail, Matthew R., Russell, Deborah J., O’Sullivan, Belinda G., Reeve, Carole, Gasser, Lee, Campbell, David
- Published: 2018
- Volume: 18
- ISBN: 1472-6963
Abstract: Improving the health of rural populations requires developing a medical workforce with the right skills and a willingness to work in rural areas. A novel strategy for achieving this aim is to align medical training distribution with community need. This research describes an approach for planning and monitoring the distribution of general practice (GP) training posts to meet health needs across a dispersed geographic catchment.
- Urls: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3788-0
- Keywords: Workforce planning, Access, Rural health, Remote communities, GP training, Primary care, Health care equity, Decision making