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

Rice, Louise; Stokes, Marie-Louise; Brown, Mark A; Campbell, Kirsten A; Smith, Cassandra

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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

Louise Rice, Marie-Louise Stokes, Mark A Brown, Kirsten A Campbell and Cassandra Smith

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (6): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02061.x
Published online: 15 September 2008

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To the Editor: In the 4 February issue of the Journal, Playford and colleagues highlighted that clinical schools are encouraging interns and postgraduate year 2 (PGY2) trainees to complete some training in rural locations,1 a good strategy considering the link between living in a rural area and working there later.2

Louise Rice¹
Marie-Louise Stokes¹
Mark A Brown¹^,²
Kirsten A Campbell¹
Cassandra Smith¹

1 Institute of Medical Education and Training, Sydney, NSW.
2 University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: lrice@imet.health.nsw.gov.au

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