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Work locations in 2014 of medical graduates of Memorial University of Newfoundland: a cross-sectional study.
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- Ten years of graduates: A cross-sectional study of the practice location of doctors trained at a socially accountable medical school.PloS one · 2022Article
- Pathways to rural family practice at Memorial University of Newfoundland.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2018Article
- Impacts of studying in a regional medical campus on practice location.Canadian medical education journal · 2018Article
- Retention Patterns of Canadians Who Studied Medicine Abroad and Other International Medical Graduates.Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante · 2017Article
- Impact of the rural pipeline in medical education: practice locations of recently graduated family physicians in Ontario.Human resources for health · 2017Article
- Milestones on the social accountability journey: Family medicine practice locations of Northern Ontario School of Medicine graduates.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2016Article
- Social accountability and the supply of physicians for remote rural Canada.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundPart of the mandate for social accountability of medical schools is to address physician needs at the local, regional and national levels. We determined the work locations in 2014 of medical graduates of Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) and identified the characteristics and predictors of working in urban and rural areas of Canada and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL).
methodsWe linked data from class lists, and alumni and postgraduate databases with data from the Scott's Medical Database to determine work locations in 2014 of MUN medical graduates from 1973 to 2008. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to identify predictors of working in urban and rural areas of Canada and NL.
resultsOf the 1864 graduates in our study, 1642 (88.1%) were working in Canada, 638 (34.2%) in NL, 217 (11.6%) in rural Canada and 92 (4.9%) in rural NL in 2014. Predictors of physicians working in Canada included having a rural background, being from NL and graduating in the 1980s, 1990s or 2000s. Predictors of physicians working in NL included having a rural background, being from NL, graduating in the 2000s and having done some or all of their residency training at MUN. Having a rural background and being a family physician were predictors of working in rural Canada. Having a rural background, being from NL, having done some or all residency training at MUN and being a family physician were predictors of working in rural NL.
interpretationMost MUN graduates were working in Canada in 2014, with about one-third remaining in NL and much smaller percentages working in rural communities, especially in rural NL. These findings have implications for the physician supply in NL.
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