Rural Medical Schooling Increases Rural Practice

Rural Medical Schooling Increases Rural Practice
A general view of rural Cobar Hospital in NSW, Australia, on April 18, 2020. Jenny Evans/Getty Images
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A study on Australian medical graduates has found graduates who did clinical placements in rural areas were far more likely to work in rural areas as doctors than graduates who did not.

“Eight years after graduation, rural origin graduates with extended rural clinical school experience were more likely than metropolitan origin graduates without this experience to practise in regional or rural communities,” the team wrote.
Marina Zhang
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Marina Zhang is a health reporter for The Epoch Times, based in New York. She covers both health news and in-depth features on emerging health issues. Marina holds a bachelor's degree in biomedicine from the University of Melbourne. Contact her at [email protected].
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