Rural longitudinal integrated clerkships and medical workforce outcomes: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The shortage of doctors in rural locations is an international problem, contributing to limited access to healthcare and a health disparity between rural and metropolitan populations. To encourage additional doctors to work in rural locations, more doctors than ever are being trained in rural settings. One rural clerkship model that is gaining recognition for fostering rural careers is the Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship. Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship programmes vary in terms of settings and durations, but at their core have the fundamental commonality of continuity, with students learning the curriculum in an integrated manner. The scoping review will synthesise the literature pertaining to medical workforce outcomes of rural Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship pr

SUBMITTER: Beattie J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8896063 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature