title: Education for rural practice in rural practice.
abstract: Despite the substantial differences between developing and developed countries, access is the major rural health issue. Studies in many countries have shown that the three factors most strongly associated with entering rural practice are: (1) a rural upbringing; (2) positive clinical and educational experiences in rural settings as part of undergraduate medical education; (3) targeted training for rural practice at the postgraduate level. This paper presents examples of successful rural primary care-based education in different parts of the world, then introduces the Wonca Rural Medical Education Guidebook which was launched at the 2014 Wonca Rural Health World Conference and concludes with a brief report of the 2015 conference held in Dubrovnik Croatia.
authors: a Northern Ontario School of Medicine , Dean and CEO, Laurentian University in Sudbury and Lakehead University in Thunder Bay , Canada.
authors: Roger
authors: R
authors: Strasser
authors: b Centre for Rural Health , University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) , Johannesburg , South Africa.
authors: Ian
authors: I
authors: Couper
authors: c WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice, Chair , Montgomery , Wales.
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Wynn-Jones
authors: d Dean of Medicine , Memorial University of Newfoundland , St John's , Canada.
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Rourke
authors: e Rural and Remote Medicine , University of Queensland , Theodore , Australia.
authors: A Bruce
authors: AB
authors: Chater
authors: f Primary Health Care Directorate , University of Cape Town , Cape Town , South Africa.
authors: Steve
authors: S
authors: Reid
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D058006:General Practice / Q000193:education*; D014943:Global Health; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006280:Health Workforce; D006801:Humans; D011365:Professional Practice Location; D012424:Rural Population
keywords: Rural practice; medical education; primary care