Rural clinical school dental graduates views on rural and metropolitan employment.
dental graduates
employment views
recruitment, retention factors
rural clinical school
workforce research
Journal
European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe
ISSN: 1600-0579
Titre abrégé: Eur J Dent Educ
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9712132
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2020
Nov 2020
Historique:
received:
18
12
2019
revised:
30
03
2020
accepted:
29
05
2020
pubmed:
1
7
2020
medline:
15
12
2020
entrez:
1
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
There is a maldistribution of dental professionals working in rural and remote regions of Australia. This study investigates dental graduates from a newly established rural clinical school (RCS) at Charles Sturt University (CSU), New South Wales, Australia, and records graduates' workforce locations and views on working in both metropolitan and rural practice. In late 2015 to early 2016, CSU graduates of 2013 and 2014 were asked to complete a telephone interview related to their employment choices. Thirty-nine interviews (68% of contactable graduates) were completed. Qualitative framework analysis was applied to identify trends and themes. More than half of the graduates were working rurally, with 67% working full-time and 77% in private practice. Key influencing factors on graduates related to rural employment were as follows: family and personal relationships, developing clinical skills, rural community, lifestyle, professional support, mentorship, job availability, full-time employment and financial incentives. Key barriers to working rurally included leaving family and friends, small patient base, low salary, partner factors, and professional and personal isolation. More than half of the CSU graduates were working in rural communities, demonstrating initially positive rural workforce outcomes. Reasons for choosing to work rurally were complex and spanned a broad spectrum of social, personal, professional development and support, community, economic, environmental and lifestyle factors. Future workforce strategies should apply a broad multifactorial approach to consider the complex interrelated employment factors. Furthermore, increased evaluation is required of the CSU programme, with increased workforce outcomes and exploration of employment retention factors.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
741-752Subventions
Organisme : University of Sydney, Sydney Dental School
Informations de copyright
© 2020 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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