Table 2 Rural practice at internship and later postgraduate stages by duration of rural immersion during undergraduate medical training
Duration of immersion | Rural internship (PGY1)a | Rural practice at mixed or later postgraduate stagesa |
|---|---|---|
1 year | 21% (n = 20/94) rurally immersed versus 4% (n = 15/342) (metropolitan-trained) [16] | |
18% (n = 13/72) rurally immersed (no control group) [23] | 28% (n = 16/58) rurally immersed in rural practice in PGY2 (no control group) [23] | |
17% (n = 63/367) rurally immersed (no control group) [24] | 16% (n = 42/258) rurally immersed versus 5% (n = 36/759) wholly metropolitan-trained worked rurally when surveyed (spanning PGY3–10) (#) (multivariate analysis, adjusted for rural background, sex, age) [26] | |
79% (n = 48/61) rurally immersed working in outer regional/remote versus inner regional locations in PGY3–10, versus 46% (n = 91/200) historical controls and 52% (n = 33/63) metropolitan-trained (#) (multivariate analysis, adjusted for rural background, sex) [27] | ||
1 year (town of population 25,000 versus whole course in large regional centre) | 57% (n = 106/185) rurally immersed versus 49% (n = 333/684) regional-trained worked rurally when surveyed (spanning PGY1–11) (#) (univariate analysis only) [28] | |
Up to 2 years | 42% (n = 115/276) rurally immersed versus 19% (n = 90/478) wholly metropolitan trained when surveyed (spanning PGY1–10) (#) (multivariate analysis, adjusted for most key confounders) [29] | |
Wholly rural | 67% (n = 194/292) rurally immersed compared with 32% (n = 222/720) from medical schools in same state and 17% (n = 374/2174) from other Australian medical schools (#) (univariate level only) [15] | 54% (n = 95/175) rurally immersed working in rural location by PGY3 (no control group) [25] |