Background While the importance of medical students' demographic characteristics in
influencing the scope and location of their future practice is recognized, these data are not …

Doctors are distributed unequally across different regions in virtually all OECD countries,
and this causes concern about how to continue to ensure access to health services …

Introduction: Medical education in South Africa is facing a major paradigm shift. The urgency
to increase the number of suitable, qualified and socially accountable health sciences …

Methods: A literature search was carried out on four databases. Data from included studies
were extracted, and thematic analysis was conducted on relevant findings. The quality of …

Background Rural and remote areas are characterised by a shortage of medical
practitioners. Rural background has been shown to be a significant factor associated with …

Access to appropriate health care is often difficult for people living in rural areas because of
a widespread shortage of appropriately educated local, rural healthcare workers and the …

Commentary years in the number of students enrolled in medical school, rising from 1563 in
1997/98 to 2458 in 2006/07. However, only about 11% of these students are from rural …

Results: Responses of 264 rural physicians were compared with 179 urban physician
responses. The groups were comparable in years of practice. Rural physicians were …

Background Medical schools across Canada expend great effort in selecting students from a
large pool of qualified applicants. Non‐cognitive assessments are conducted by most …

The shortage of primary care physicians is a growing crisis that threatens the stability and
effectiveness of healthcare systems. This paper explores a multi-pronged approach to …