Kimberly B Roth, Geoffrey Kahn, Carla L Storr, Holly C Wilcox
Childhood Factors Associated With Unnatural Death Through Midadulthood
JAMA network open
health disparities rural urban areas aotearoa new zealand exacerbated rural workforce issues traditionally undergraduate medical programs urbanbased reconfiguring curriculum meet needs rural communities challenging aim project explore urbanlocated universities might develop implement rural strategy evaluation rural strategy may lead strategys ongoing improvements designed increase rural workforce qualitative study involving semistructured interviews purposively selected key stakeholders enquiry included systematic identification processes required develop rural strategy including possible facilitators challenges addressed qualitative analysis deidentified data conducted using thematic approach fourteen stakeholders interviewed four rural gps two rural hospital doctors four administrators involved placing students four senior medical academics involvement regional rural programs five overarching themes identified 1 developing rural pathways medical school 2 improving expanding rural exposures 3 developing rural gp pathways 4 implementing interprofessional education 5 social mission findings align literature relating developing rural strategies universities however study also suggested rural health interprofessional programs may role key finding social mission university may visible rural stakeholders reorientating urbanlocated university rural strategy requires moving past policy around social accountability operationalising