Addressing issues of maldistribution of health care workers.
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INTRODUCTION The maldistribution of health care workers is a near-universal problem, particularly in developing countries. Shortages have become most critical over the past 2 decades with both out-migration of health care workers from developing to developed countries, and intra-country disparities between urban centres and rural regions. A variety of solutions have been proposed and tried, but in recent years the problem has become increasingly serious. PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION Over the past 15 years, we have conceptualised and implemented a programme directed at the re-supply of rural physicians to our own state, Illinois, which was recently ranked as low as sixth worse in the US with regard to physician manpower shortages in rural areas. More recently, this programme has been expanded to include other health care workers where there are equivalent shortages in health services accessibility, and the entire programme is now designated as the National Center for Rural Health Professions. PROGRAMME EVALUATION Currently, the physician programme enjoys a 65% to 70% success rate in terms of the return of physicians to rural communities; a success largely due to the unique selection process, training, and the close relationship between students and faculty. Here, we describe this programme in detail, in the hope that elements of this somewhat unique programme may be "exportable".
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
دوره 34 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005