Informing the surgical workforce pathway: how rural community characteristics matter

CONCLUSION: Rural surgeons associated different meanings with certain community characteristics than their urban counterparts. As they work with prospective rural surgeons, educators and rural communities should highlight how health resources can translate into desired scopes of practice. They also should share with trainees the realities of role overlap, both how intense and stressful it can be but also how gratifying. Educators should include the rural social context in medical and surgical education, looking for even more opportunities to collaborate with rural communities to provide learners with firsthand experiences of rural environments, resources, and role overlap.PMID:38570201 | DOI:10.22605/RRH8363
Source: Rural and Remote Health - Category: Rural Health Authors: Source Type: research