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ArticleThe Australian journal of rural health2025

Rural nursing and allied health placements during the latter stage of the COVID-19 public health emergency: A national study.

Belinda Jessup, Anthea Brand, Melissa Kirschbaum, Penny Allen, Lisa Bourke, Jodie Bailie, Susan Heaney, Lyndal Sheepway, Tegan Podubinski, Ha Hoang and 5 more

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Belinda JessupCentre for Rural Health, The University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9712-1703
Anthea BrandUniversity Department of Rural Health Northern Territory, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.
Melissa KirschbaumCentre for Rural Health, The University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
Penny AllenCentre for Rural Health, The University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
Lisa BourkeDeparment of Rural Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Jodie BailieUniversity Centre for Rural Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Susan HeaneyDepartment of Rural Health, The University of Newcastle, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
Lyndal SheepwayLa Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Tegan PodubinskiDeparment of Rural Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Ha HoangCentre for Rural Health, The University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
Kehinde ObamiroJCU Central Queensland Centre for Rural and Remote Health, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Santosh JatranaAlfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia.
Sabina KnightJCU Central Queensland Centre for Rural and Remote Health, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Robyn FitzroyFaculty of Health, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.
Rohan RasiahWestern Australian Centre for Rural Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.

Funding

Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training (RHMT) program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo explore changes to rural nursing and allied health placements during the latter stage of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

settingRegional, rural and remote Australia.

participantsNursing and allied health students with a scheduled University Department of Rural Health (UDRH) facilitated rural placement between 1 January 2022 and 31 October 2022.

designCross-sectional online survey (n = 333), followed by semi-structured interviews (n = 21).

resultsAlmost all students surveyed (98.5%) were able to undertake their placement, although 13.1% reported changes to the setting, timing or delivery of training. Placement tasks (47.3%), experience of the local community (39.0%) and connection with other students (39.6%) were the placement aspects most commonly reported to have changed. However, most students were satisfied with their placement (86.0%), agreed their placement provided quality clinical training (79.3%) and wanted to work rurally after their experience (73.2%). Nursing students had lower odds of reporting satisfaction with placement (OR, 0.49 [95% CI 0.24-0.99, p = 0.03]), while placements longer than 4 weeks had almost twice the odds of promoting rural intention (OR, 1.84 [95% CI 1.09-3.15, p = 0.02]). Placement changes were associated with: fear of contracting COVID-19; circulating illness; health workforce shortages; and health and safety compliance.

conclusionsDespite changes, most students found rural placements undertaken during 2022 to be quality learning experiences which left them satisfied and wanting to work rurally. UDRHs should advocate for longer placements, improve remote supervision and accommodation infrastructure, and help prepare and support students for challenging learning environments to promote positive rural training experiences during public health emergencies.

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COVID-19AdultAllied Health PersonnelAustraliaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMalePandemicsRural Health ServicesRural NursingSARS-CoV-2Students, NursingSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adultclinical placementpandemicrural and remote health workforcerural and remote trainingUniversity Department of Rural Health (UDRH)

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