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dc.contributor.authorMakate, Marshall
dc.contributor.authorRobinson, Suzanne
dc.contributor.authorLedwith, Tonia
dc.contributor.authorBroderick, Isabel
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Sonia
dc.contributor.authorBell, Janice
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-15T15:40:23Z
dc.date.available2023-02-15T15:40:23Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationMakate, M. and Robinson, S. and Ledwith, T. and Broderick, I. and Miller, S. and Bell, J. 2021. Training and retention in rural and remote Australia: Examining the association between GP vocational training placements and subsequent practice location in Western Australia. Journal of Rural Studies. 86 (August 2021): pp. 346-356.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90496
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.06.019
dc.description.abstract

This paper aims to provide insights on the association between exposure to rural general practice vocational training placements and subsequent rural practice location in Western Australia. We further explore the possibility that the observed associations might depend on an individual's rural upbringing and or an individual's exposure to general practice during medical school. To this end, a cross-sectional analysis of practice location of 353 general practitioners who completed their vocational training through WA General Practice Education and Training between 2010 and 2017 was conducted. The empirical analysis uses a fully recursive conditional mixed process estimator to jointly estimate the probabilities that a general practitioner (GP) completes their vocational training placement at a rural location and subsequently practices at a rural location. The results show that GPs who chose rural locations for their first and last vocational training placements are more likely to practice at a rural location compared to their counterparts choosing metropolitan locations. Also, the probability of subsequent rural practice is further strengthened by having a rural background and having exposure to general practice during medical school even after controlling for potential confounders. The results also indicate that GPs stay in rural locations for reasons linked to their career, family and lifestyles. This evidence underscores the importance of vocational training organisations in WA and reinforces the need for ongoing rural opportunities in training to ameliorate location-based disparities in the distribution of the GP workforce in Western Australia.

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject1402 - Applied Economics
dc.subject3801 - Applied economics
dc.titleTraining and retention in rural and remote Australia: Examining the association between GP vocational training placements and subsequent practice location in Western Australia
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume86
dcterms.source.numberAugust 2021
dcterms.source.startPage346
dcterms.source.endPage356
dcterms.source.issn0743-0167
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Rural Studies
dc.date.updated2023-02-15T15:40:22Z
curtin.departmentCurtin School of Population Health
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
curtin.contributor.orcidMakate, Marshall [0000-0002-2005-2970]
curtin.contributor.orcidRobinson, Suzanne [0000-0001-5703-6475]
curtin.contributor.researcheridRobinson, Suzanne [B-6604-2013]
dcterms.source.eissn1873-1392
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridMakate, Marshall [57191225058]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridRobinson, Suzanne [36803108700]


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