Skip to main content

Table 5 Number and percentage of the different types of medical education interventions

From: Medical education interventions influencing physician distribution into underserved communities: a scoping review

Education interventions

Included studies (n = 130)

No. (%)

Singular interventions

86/130 (66.2)

 Preferential admissions

3 (3.5)

 Rural undergraduate training

37 (43.0)

 Rural postgraduate training

42 (48.8)

 Financial incentives

4 (4.7)

Multiple interventions

44/130 (33.8)

 Admissions and rural undergraduate training

11 (25.0)

 Rural undergraduate and postgraduate training

11 (25.0)

 Admissions, rural undergraduate training, and financial incentives

9 (20.5)

 Admissions, rural undergraduate, and postgraduate training

6 (13.6)

 Rural postgraduate training and financial incentives

3 (6.8)

 Admissions, rural undergraduate and postgraduate training and financial incentives

2 (4.5)

 Rural postgraduate training and financial incentives

1 (2.3)

 Rural undergraduate and postgraduate training and financial incentives

1 (2.3)