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COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF RURAL DOCTORS: METHODOLOGICAL AND LOGISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Author(s) -
Veitch Craig,
Harte Jans,
Hays Richard,
Pashen Dennis,
Clark Steve
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
australian journal of rural health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.48
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1440-1584
pISSN - 1038-5282
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1584.1999.00213.x
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , process (computing) , work (physics) , government (linguistics) , public relations , action (physics) , rural community , general practice , nursing , medical education , psychology , medicine , political science , sociology , family medicine , socioeconomics , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , operating system
Two Queensland rural communities with histories of poor general practitioner (GP) recruitment and retention participated in a process aimed at developing broadly based community action plans to recruit and retain GPs. Despite their very different physical and social characteristics, the two communities developed many similar objectives and strategies, which had the possiblility of being implemented more widely. The community participation process can be both time‐ and cost‐effective if consideration is given to a variety of methodological and logistical issues. The process is a means by which communities, Divisions of General Practice, government, academic institutions and others can work together to recruit and retain medical practitioners.