Challenges of Recruitment and Retention in Rural Areas

Rural routes: recruitment and retention in rural areas for health human resources.

In order to respond to the great needs for healthcare providers in the Quinte area the health human resources (HHR) demonstration project created a number of initiatives. Our group focused on two parts: a nursing internship program and human resources planning across our rural communities. Components of this project included developing useful tools as well as a partnership within our communitie...

Designing medical internships to improve recruitment and retention of doctors in rural areas

BACKGROUND The medical internship as a way of exposing young doctors to training in a rural context is regarded as a useful tool to recruit and retain doctors in rural areas. Norwegian health authorities tested an arrangement of early sign-up for medical internships in the Finnmark County in Norway. OBJECTIVE To report on the effects of the early sign-up for medical internship. DESIGN This ...

Recruitment and Retention Challenges and Strategies

Factors Influencing Recruitment and Retention of Healthcare Workers in Rural and Remote Areas in Developed and Developing Countries: An Overview

Shortage of healthcare workers in rural and remote areas remains a growing concern both in developed and developing countries. This review aims to synthesize the significant factors impacting healthcare professionals' recruitment and retention in rural and remote areas, and to identify those relevant for developing countries. This paper included the following steps: exploring scientific literat...

Recruitment and retention of rural nursing students: a retrospective study.

INTRODUCTION The shortage of registered nurses is an issue globally, but particularly in rural and remote areas. Previous research in medicine suggests that recruiting students from rural backgrounds is an effective strategy to enhance the supply of rural healthcare providers. This strategy has not been widely adopted or evaluated in nursing. The purpose of this study was to compare rural and u...