Examining students' perception of rural practice following an educational strategy aimed at preparing postsecondary students for rural careers: a systematic review protocol for qualitative studies.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Rural areas are widely acknowledged as being at a workforce disadvantage when compared with urban populations. One of the factors contributing to this disparity is the paucity of workforce professionals who live and practice in rural areas. Educational strategies used to train these workforce professionals may help better prepare students for rural careers and thus increase retention. The purpose of this systematic review is to examine students' perceptions of rural practice following an educational strategy used to prepare students for rural careers.

Methods and analysis

Searches will be conducted in the following databases: Medline (Ovid), CINAHL (Ebscohost), ERIC (Proquest), Social Services Abstracts (Proquest), PsycINFO (Proquest) and IEEE Xplore. The litera

SUBMITTER: Button B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9490637 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature