[Shortage of physicians in rural areas and in the public health service : A critical analysis of the evidence on the role of medical education and training].

DISCUSSION: Foreign empirical studies identify almost equal two factors with regard to primary care in remote areas: the recruitment of students from rural areas combined with special educational programs with a rural primary care orientation both in under- and postgraduate medical education. These programs should include several and longer practical working periods in primary care units and be well coordinated between the medical school and the local teaching physicians. As for the state public health sector, comparable initiatives are still lacking.
PMID: 29209761 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Rural Remote Health - December 5, 2017 Category: Rural Health Authors: Kaduszkiewicz H, Teichert U, van den Bussche H Tags: Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz Source Type: research