Prevalence and associations of rural practice location in early-career general practitioners in Australia: a cross-sectional analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To: (1) establish the prevalence of urban, regional, rural and remote practice location of early-career general practitioners (GPs); and (2) examine demographic and training-related characteristics associated with working in regional, rural or remote areas post attainment of vocational general practice qualifications.

Design

Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study, combined with contemporaneously collected data from participants' prior vocational training.

Setting

Australian general practice.

Participants

Newly vocationally qualified GPs (ie, within 6 months-2 years post fellowship) who had completed vocational training with regional training organisations in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, eastern Victoria, and Tasmania between Jan

SUBMITTER: Fielding A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9045092 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature