ArticleCanadian medical education journal2018
Trajectories of physicians in Manitoba, Canada: the influence of contact points of rural-focused professional learning.
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- A review of health and wellness studies involving Inuit of Manitoba and Nunavut.International journal of circumpolar health · 2020Pooled it
- Rural health care workforce retention measures: A rapid scoping review.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Manitoba Office of Rural and Northern Health (ORNH) provided a multi-year series of elective opportunities for undergraduate medical students to support rural/remote medical practice. The purpose of this study was to examine the career trajectories of Manitoba physicians in eight matched cohorts over the period 2004-2007 between: 1) those who experienced a required rural clinical block rotation only during their undergraduate medicine training in Manitoba (Med 1 and Med 3), and; 2) those who engaged in and completed additional elective programs referred to here as "contact points".
methodsThe study utilized a retrospective/longitudinal matched cohort design which included the common factor of a mandated rural clinical one-week rotation and the differentiating factors of experiences in elective programming offered by the ORNH (contact points).
resultsOf the 344 Manitoba-trained physicians whose location of current practice could be determined, 74 are presently in rural/remote communities and 270 in urban settings. Those physicians who are now in rural/remote practice were significantly more likely (
conclusionWe conclude that there is an association between rural-focused contact points and rural and remote practice in Manitoba. Targeted professional learning where physician recruitment and retention remains a continuing challenge is discussed.
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