Table 1 DCE attributes, levels and descriptions
Attribute | Levels | Description |
|---|---|---|
Travel arrangements | • One or less nights away per month | Travel that requires overnight stays away from home |
• Two or three nights away per month | ||
• Four or more nights away per month | ||
Flexibility | • Little or no flexibility in work hours | Ability to negotiate your hours of work |
• Some flexibility in work hours | ||
• Very flexible work hours | ||
Professional support | • Rarely | Profession-specific advice and support |
• Sometimes | ||
• Readily | ||
Professional development (PD) | • Minimal | Opportunity to undertake formal professional development activities |
• Adequate | ||
• Ideal | ||
Remuneration | • 5 % above your current salary | Rural salary loading above current salary |
• 10 % above your current salary | ||
• 15 % above your current salary | ||
Autonomy of practice | • Limited capacity for independent professional decision-making | Freedom to use professional judgement |
• Some level of independent professional decision-making | ||
• High level of independent professional decision-making |