title: Twelve tips on rural medical placements:  what has worked to make them successful.
abstract: Providing undergraduate and post-graduate rural training opportunities aids rural medical recruitment. Medical schools that provide rural educational placements, and the communities that host those placements, must give serious consideration to the structure and supports required to ensure both quality and enjoyment of rural placements. This paper presents tips for success gleaned from the results of experience in providing rural placement opportunities to medical students throughout their medical school experience.
authors.affiliation: North Coast Medical Education Collaborative and Northern Rivers University, Department of Rural Health, Lismore, Australia.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: Hudson
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Birden
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002321:Career Choice; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D017145:Models, Educational; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011231:Preceptorship; D011365:Professional Practice Location; D019035:Rural Health Services; D013337:Students, Medical; D000078329:Workforce