Demonstrating a new approach to planning and monitoring rural medical training distribution to meet population need in North West Queensland

• Main Authors: Matthew R. McGrail (Author), Deborah J. Russell (Author), Belinda G. O'Sullivan (Author), Carole Reeve (Author), Lee Gasser (Author), David Campbell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Improving the health of rural populations requires developing a medical workforce with the right skills and a willingness to work in rural areas. A novel strategy for achieving this aim is to align medical training distribution with community need. This research describes an appr...