Attracting medical school graduates to residency programs in remotely located hospitals: the challenge lies beyond financial incentives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recruitment to residency programs in hospitals located in other than major hubs ("remotely located") is a challenge in many countries. In 2011, the Israeli Ministry of Health launched a 10-year financial incentive to encourage physicians to enroll in residency programs in such hospitals. Nearly 1 billion New Israeli Shekels (260 million US$) were invested in that program which had only limited success. As a new physician association's collective agreement is impending, we aimed to measure the effectiveness of selected incentives in attracting medical school graduates to residencies in remotely located hospitals.

Methods

This study included Israeli medical students in their final year of medical school. We used an online questionnaire with multiple-choice demograph

SUBMITTER: Fried S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11346137 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature