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Rural doctor quota students in Germany - who are they? Data on first year students from two cohorts in the federal state of Saxony.
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- Rural admission quota in Germany: students' attitudes, challenges and the need for support programmes.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Spatial and temporal disparities in general practitioner provision: a 21-year longitudinal analysis from Lower Saxony, Germany.International journal of health geographics · 2025Article
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Abstract
The lack of physicians in rural areas is a universal problem. To increase the attractiveness of rural practice for medical students, the contribution of medical schools is undisputed. However, much of the evidence on interventions before and during undergraduate education comes from countries with large areas and low population density like Australia and Canada. In Germany, selective admission to medical studies for students who agree to become rural general practitioners is still a new concept. The aim of this study was to assess the sociodemographic characteristics, attitudes and career aspirations of the rural doctor quota students from one medical school in Germany compared to their non-quota counterparts. For this cross-sectional study, a paper-based anonymous questionnaire was distributed to all first year medical students at Leipzig University in two consecutive study years.Descriptive analyses and group differences were calculated using SPSS. The response rate was 87.3% with
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