Demonstrating a new approach to planning and monitoring rural medical training distribution to meet population need in North West Queensland.

CONCLUSIONS: Current regional distribution was good, but individual town-level data further enabled the training provider to discuss the nuance of where and why more registrars (or supervisors) may be needed. The approach described enables distributed workforce planning and monitoring applicable in a range of contexts, with increased sensitivity for registrar distribution planning where most needed, supporting useful discussions about the potential causes and solutions. This evidence-based approach also enables training organisations to engage with local communities, health services and government to address the sustainable development of the long-term GP workforce in these towns.
PMID: 30577775 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Rural Remote Health - December 22, 2018 Category: Rural Health Authors: McGrail MR, Russell DJ, O'Sullivan BG, Reeve C, Gasser L, Campbell D Tags: BMC Health Serv Res Source Type: research