Recruiting and retaining general practitioners in rural practice: systematic review and meta-analysis of rural pipeline effects.

CONCLUSION: GPs with rural backgrounds or rural experience during undergraduate or postgraduate medical training are more likely to practise in rural areas. The effects of multiple rural pipeline factors may be cumulative, and the duration of an experience influences the likelihood of a GP commencing and remaining in rural general practice. These findings could inform government-led initiatives to support an adequate rural GP workforce. PROTOCOL REGISTRATION: PROSPERO, CRD42017074943 (updated 1 February 2018). PMID: 32696519 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Med J Aust - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Med J Aust Source Type: research