Supporting nursing and allied health student placements in rural and remote Australia: a narrative review of publications by university departments of rural health.
Allied health occupations
Midwifery
Nursing
Pharmacy
Social work
Speech pathology
Journal
The Medical journal of Australia
ISSN: 1326-5377
Titre abrégé: Med J Aust
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 0400714
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 08 2023
07 08 2023
Historique:
revised:
21
04
2023
received:
31
10
2022
accepted:
27
04
2023
medline:
8
8
2023
pubmed:
6
8
2023
entrez:
6
8
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
University departments of rural health are Commonwealth-funded to improve recruitment and retention of the rural allied health and nursing (including midwifery) workforce, primarily through student placements. We examined publications by university departments of rural health that were focused on allied health and nursing students undertaking placements in rural Australia, to understand the characteristics, main findings and implications of the research conducted. Interprofessional learning was a key feature of placements and placement education, although other activities such as community engagement added to placement experiences. Factors such as quality supervision and being involved in the community contributed to a positive placement experience and increased rural practice intention. Tracking studies showed a relationship between rural placements, rural practice intention and rural practice. Rural placements occurred across a variety of settings and in locations consistent with the policy framework. Embedding university departments of rural health in rural communities enabled staff to build relationships and increase placement capacity.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
S14-S19Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
Type : ErratumIn
Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors. Medical Journal of Australia published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of AMPCo Pty Ltd.
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