The Australian journal of rural health
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Aust J Rural Health · Apr 2004
Educational needs of rural and remote Australian non-specialist medical practitioners for obstetric ultrasound.
To determine the educational needs of rural and remote non-specialist Australian doctors for obstetric ultrasound. ⋯ As a result of this research, there is now information on the educational needs of rural and remote Australian non-specialist medical practitioners that can be used by education providers to develop quality education programs in obstetric ultrasound.
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The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine was established in 1997 to meet what rural doctors perceived as their unmet educational and professional needs. However, the issue of just how different rural practice is from urban practice remains a topic of debate. ⋯ This paper examines a key issue that has been a source of conflict between the relevant stakeholders for a decade. By placing the differences between rural and urban medical practice within a framework, supported by published work, this paper describes what is required to justify rural medical practice as a distinct discipline for the first time.
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To identify the impact of family life on the ways women practice rural medicine and the changes needed to attract women to rural practice. ⋯ Women make up less than a quarter of the rural general practice workforce and an even smaller percentage of the specialist rural medical workforce. As a result their experiences are not well articulated in research on rural medical practice and their needs are not well represented in policies and programs for rural doctors. The incoming cohort of rural general practitioners has a majority of women and it is essential that the practice styles and needs of women doctors are understood in order to attract and retain women in rural medicine. This survey identifies some of the effects of family responsibilities on the work practices of female rural doctors and the changes needed to the structure of rural practice to include the way women work.