The Anabranch Framework for the Ruralization of Health Professional Education.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objective: The quality of care afforded to rural, remote, and First Nations Peoples is dependent on access to a health workforce with the capacity to contextualize healthcare and practice to the needs and expectations of these populations. In Australia, the lack of representation of rural health in undergraduate and post graduate health professional education undermines this preparedness and consideration of rural practice uptake and longevity, compounding the inequities confronted by 7 million Australians residing in these locations. Urgent educational reforms are required to address this omission, the deficit discourses used to characterize rural healthcare, and the persistent health workforce shortages experienced. This paper presents the Anabranch Framework for the Ru

SUBMITTER: Jones D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12897278 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature