Why do some medical graduates lose their intention to practise rurally?

Why do medical graduates choose rural careers?

INTRODUCTION This study is based on the metaphor of the 'rural pipeline' into medical practice. The four stages of the rural pipeline are: (1) contact between rural secondary schools and the medical profession; (2) selection of rural students into medical programs; (3) rural exposure during medical training; and (4) measures to address retention of the rural medical workforce. METHODS Using t...

What makes medical graduates practise close to home?

Why do people lose their friends after a stroke?

BACKGROUND It is well-known that people lose friends after a stroke; what is less well understood is why this occurs. AIMS This study explored why people lose contact with their friends, and whether there are any protective factors. It also examined how friendship loss and change is perceived by the individual. METHODS AND PROCEDURES Participants with a first stroke were recruited from one ...

Why hospital-owned medical groups lose money.

By David N. Gans, MSHA, FACMPE, vice president, MGMAACMPE Innovation and Research, [email protected] In the mid-1990s, many hospital systems adopted strategic plans that included hiring physicians or purchasing medical groups to build vertically integrated delivery systems (IDSs) of providers and locations of care. This strategy worked well for many health systems, but others hemorrhaged money. By t...

Why Pakistani Medical Graduates Must Remain Free to Emigrate

Student Forum T he current debate about the brain drain of health professionals from low-income countries such as Pakistan to the rich world often demonizes medical graduates who choose to leave their countries. Such graduates are sometimes considered to be insensitive to the plight of their country's struggling health sector. But what is forgotten in this debate is that some doctors who emigra...