Inspiring rural youth to consider healthcare careers through an interprofessional healthcare traveling roadshow.

ABSTRACT: There are well-documented shortages of healthcare providers in rural and remote communities worldwide, and these shortages correlate with inequitable health outcomes for rural peoples. Despite a wide array of efforts to remedy the issue, these shortages persist to this day. The Healthcare Traveling Roadshow (HCTRS) is a grassroots initiative that began in 2010 to help address the shortage of healthcare providers in rural communities throughout British Columbia. Since its inception, the HCTRS has been predicated on three evidence-based guiding principles which have been shown to markedly increase the rate at which healthcare students choose to practice rurally. These principles are: (1) to showcase healthcare careers as viable and realistic options for rural youth (high school students) usi

SUBMITTER: Mytting K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11295277 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature