“You get exposed to a wider range of things and it can be challenging but very exciting at the same time”: enablers of and barriers to transition to rural practice by allied health professionals in Australia

“You get exposed to a wider range of things and it can be challenging but very exciting at the same time”: enablers of and barriers to transition to rural practice by allied health professionals in Australia

Abstract Background There is consistent evidence highlighting the mal-distribution of the health workforce between urban and rural and remote regions. To date, addressing this mal-distribution has focused on medicine and nursing with limited initiatives targeted at allied health. Therefore, the aim...

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Main Authors: Saravana Kumar, Esther Jie Tian, Esther May, Rosanne Crouch, Mandy McCulloch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Transition
Allied health professional
Rural
Remote
Qualitative
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-4954-8

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