Attitude towards working in rural areas: a cross-sectional survey of rural-oriented tuition-waived medical students in Shaanxi, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Attracting and recruiting health workers to work in rural areas is still a great challenge in China. The rural-oriented tuition-waived medical education (RTME) programme has been initiated and implemented in China since 2010. This study aimed to examine the attitudes of rural-oriented tuition-waived medical students (RTMSs) in Shaanxi towards working in rural areas and the related influencing factors.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2015 among 232 RTMSs in two medical universities from the first group of students enrolled in the RTME programme in Shaanxi. Descriptive and analytical statistics were used for the data analyses.

Results

Of the 230 valid responses, 92.6% expressed their intentions of breaking the contract for working in rural t

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5932863 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature