Perspectives of work readiness among Australian health students trained during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To explore perspectives of work readiness, including readiness to work rurally, among health students trained in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Participants were allied health, medicine, and nursing students in the later years of their degree (third, fourth or final year of an undergraduate entry to practice degree, or second year of postgraduate entry to practice degree), where training is clinically immersive. These students had completed a University Department of Rural Health facilitated rural and remote placement between January 2021 and October 2022. They participated in a cross-sectional online survey (n = 426), comprising Likert-scale questions. Interested survey respondents participated in a semi-structured interview (n = 34). Multiple lo

SUBMITTER: Podubinski T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11428983 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature