Reviewing academic coordination on the rural distributed training platform in South Africa

CONCLUSION: Reflecting on the needs of academic coordinators expressed in this article, we identified four conditions that may promote sustained and continuous academic coordination at rural or remote distributed training sites. These conditions are (1) living and working local; (2) having a dual role in academia and the health system; (3) having access to academic support; and (4) regular engagement with the academic home, the value of which is detailed in this article. These recommendations can be adopted to optimise and sustain academic engagement on the distributed training platform, especially in light of the current expansion of health professions training and subsequent need to attract and retain clinician-academics in remote locations.PMID:37501375 | DOI:10.22605/RRH7671
Source: Rural and Remote Health - Category: Rural Health Authors: Source Type: research