Will Australian rural clinical schools be an effective workforce strategy? Early indications of their positive effect on intern choice and rural career interest

Playford, Denese E; Denz-Penhey, Harriet; Skinner, Lesley; Murdoch, J Campbell

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Will Australian rural clinical schools be an effective workforce strategy? Early indications of their positive effect on intern choice and rural career interest

Denese E Playford, Harriet Denz-Penhey, Lesley Skinner and J Campbell Murdoch

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01576.x
Published online: 4 February 2008

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To the Editor: The academic success of the rural clinical schools (RCS) program is clear: community-based clinical placements in rural Australia are able to produce graduates that are academically indistinguishable from tertiary hospital-trained peers.1,2

Denese E Playford
Harriet Denz-Penhey
Lesley Skinner
J Campbell Murdoch

Correspondence: Denese.Playford@uwa.edu.au

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