Extended Rural Medical School Placements

Cross-source consensus on Extended Rural Medical School Placements from 1 sources and 5 claims.

1 sources · 5 claims

Benefits

Participation in an extended rural or regional medical school placement was independently associated with rural practice in the multivariate model (OR 2.51). — Predictors of rural medical practice in Aotearoa New Zealand: a national outcomes prospective cohort study
Otago's Rural Medical Immersion Programme (RMIP) is a one-year longitudinal integrated clerkship placing approximately 20 penultimate-year students fully in rural areas. — Predictors of rural medical practice in Aotearoa New Zealand: a national outcomes prospective cohort study
Auckland's Pūkawakawa places a similar number of students in regional areas for a year, with specialty rotations and an extended rural general practice placement. — Predictors of rural medical practice in Aotearoa New Zealand: a national outcomes prospective cohort study
In univariate analysis the RMIP had OR 5.88 and Pūkawakawa had OR 4.01 for rural practice, with the difference between the two estimates not reaching statistical significance. — Predictors of rural medical practice in Aotearoa New Zealand: a national outcomes prospective cohort study
Short rural or regional placements were not significantly associated with rural workforce outcomes. — Predictors of rural medical practice in Aotearoa New Zealand: a national outcomes prospective cohort study