MBBS, FRACGP, MIH, SFHEA, Associate Professor, Rural Health, ANU Medical School Rural Clinical School, ACT. Malcolm.
MBChB, MRCGP, FRACGP, MMed, DTM&H, Lecturer, ANU Medical School Rural Clinical School, ACT
Aust J Gen Pract. 2018 Nov;47(11):812-814. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-02-18-4505.
Rural clinical schools (RCSs) help address Australia’s rural workforce shortfall, but they require an investment by rural clinicians and communities. Our objective was to determine the location of RCS graduates as one measure of the effectiveness of RCSs.
This cross-sectional study obtained work location data for Australian National University Medical School (ANUMS) graduates and analysed both RCS and non-RCS data.
The percentage of graduates working in rural areas after their fifth postgraduate year (PGY6–11: 34.7%) was significantly greater than that of graduates in PGY1–5 (15.2%, P <0.001).
Many graduates who trained in rural sites spend time in cities before returning to work in rural areas. This is encouraging for rural clinicians and communities, but it can take time for graduates to return.
农村临床学校（RCS）有助于解决澳大利亚农村劳动力短缺的问题，但这需要农村临床医生和社区的投入。我们的目的是确定 RCS 毕业生的工作地点，以此作为 RCS 效果的衡量标准之一。
本横断面研究获得了澳大利亚国立大学医学院（ANUMS）毕业生的工作地点数据，并对 RCS 和非 RCS 数据进行了分析。
在第六年至第十一年（PGY6-11）的毕业后工作地点在农村地区的毕业生比例（34.7%）明显高于第五年及以下（PGY1-5）的毕业生比例（15.2%，P<0.001）。
许多在农村地区接受培训的毕业生在返回农村地区工作之前会先在城市工作一段时间。这对农村临床医生和社区来说是令人鼓舞的，但毕业生需要时间才能返回。
