SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Effect of Rural Clinical Placements on Intention to Practice and Employment in Rural Australia: A Systematic Review.
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- Cultivating a rural nursing workforce: the impact of rural vs. urban education on nursing students' intentions for rural practice in Nepal.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Assessing the Effect of Rural Placements Through a Pre-Post Approach With Different Temporal Targets: Are We Converting or Sustaining?The Australian journal of rural health · 2026Article
- Resident and Family Carer Perspectives on the Impact of Allied Health Student Placements on Service Delivery to Residents in Northern NSW Aged Care Homes: A Qualitative Study.The Australian journal of rural health · 2026Article
- 'Isn't It Just a Chat?' Allied Health Students' Experiences of Structured Clinical Supervision During Remote Placements in Australia.The Australian journal of rural health · 2026Article
- Building the future healthcare workforce: the impact of Oregon AHEC scholars' program 2018 - 2022.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Learning in a contextually complex rural clinical placement.Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice · 2026Article
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- Quantitatively Applying a Person-Centered Approach in Rural Health Workforce Research: An Exploratory Latent Class Analysis of Early Career Rural Nurses.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
- The Effect of Aged-Care Rural Clinical Placements on Health Student Self-Efficacy: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation.The Australian journal of rural health · 2025Article
- Allied Health Student Placements in Residential Aged Care: Attitudes, Experiences and Impact.The clinical teacher · 2025Article
- Rural nursing and allied health placements during the latter stage of the COVID-19 public health emergency: A national study.The Australian journal of rural health · 2025Article
- Student led community health checks in regional Victoria: A mixed methods study.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025Article
- Development and innovation in a new distributed medical programme: Scottish Graduate Entry Medicine (ScotGEM).Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Will they come back? Evaluation of health student placements in remote and very remote regions of Australia.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- How do clinical placements influence the career decisions of new-graduate physiotherapists in Australia? A qualitative exploration.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Australian rural service learning student placements: a national survey.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Optometry student clinical practice at public health facilities: A systematic review.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundSupporting the provision of clinical placement (CP) experiences in rural areas is a strategy used worldwide to promote the rural health workforce. While there is international evidence for this intervention in medicine, there is limited understanding of the influence of rural CP for nursing, midwifery, allied health, and dentistry health professions in Australia, which have received substantial federal investment. This review examined the relationship between rural CP and non-medicine health students' future rural practice intentions and workforce outcomes.
methodsFour databases were systematically searched; papers were screened using defined criteria and appraised using the mixed-methods appraisal tool (MMAT). Findings were synthesized using a critical narrative approach.
resultsThe methodological quality of the 29 eligible studies (13 quantitative non-randomized, 10 mixed method, 4 qualitative, 2 quantitative description) was appraised. Ten high-quality studies were identified. The review found that positive CP experiences may influence intention to practice rurally amongst undecided students and serve as a reinforcing experience for those students already interested in rural practice. There were mixed findings regarding the influence of CP length. The review also found that there is currently only evidence for the short-term effects of CP on students' future practice outcomes in rural areas with focus thus far on early practice outcomes.
conclusionsThose looking to use rural CP to promote the rural health workforce should focus on supporting the quality of a large number of CP experiences that are undertaken in rural areas, as there are currently differing findings on the role of rural CP length. Future studies of rural CP should consider greater use of social and educational theories to guide them.
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