Browsing Research Articles (Family Medicine) by Subject "Health care professionals"

Browsing Research Articles (Family Medicine) by Subject "Health care professionals"

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  • Influences on the choice of health professionals to practise in rural areas 
    Couper, I.D.; Hugo, Johannes F.M.; Conradie, H.; Mfenyana, K. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2007-11)
    BACKGROUND: Training health care professionals (HCPs) to work in rural areas is a challenge for educationalists. This study aimed to understand how HCPs choose to work in rural areas and how education influences this. ...
  • Rural-origin health science students at South African universities 
    Tumbo, J.M.; Couper, I.D.; Hugo, Johannes F.M. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009-01)
    BACKGROUND: Rural areas in all countries suffer from a shortage of health care professionals. In South Africa, the shortage is particularly marked; some rural areas have a doctor-to-population ratio of 5.5:100 000. Similar ...