Factors influencing medical students' motivation to practise in rural areas in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review

SS Budhathoki, PAC Zwanikken, PK Pokharel… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives There is a shortage of doctors working in rural areas all over the world, especially
in low-income and middle-income countries. The choice to practise medicine in a rural area …

Factors associated with increasing rural doctor supply in Asia-Pacific LMICs: a scoping review

LP Putri, BG O'Sullivan, DJ Russell… - Human resources for …, 2020 - Springer
Background More than 60% of the world's rural population live in the Asia-Pacific region. Of
these, more than 90% reside in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Asia-Pacific …

Health system's readiness to provide cardiovascular, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease related services in Nepal: analysis using 2015 health facility survey

U Ghimire, N Shrestha, B Adhikari, S Mehata… - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background The burgeoning rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is posing serious
challenges in resource constrained health facilities of Nepal. The main objective of this study …

Migration intentions of Asian and African medical students educated in China: a cross-sectional study

W Li, H Sun - Human Resources for Health, 2019 - Springer
Background In recent years, the number of students from Asian and African countries to
study medicine in China has been on the rise. This study investigated the migration …

Career choices and what influences Nepali medical students and young doctors: a cross-sectional study

BW Hayes, R Shakya - Human resources for health, 2013 - Springer
Background Nepal, as a nation with limited resources and a large number of poor people,
needs far more well-trained, committed general practitioners. The aim of this study was to …

Medical and nursing students' intentions to work abroad or in rural areas: a cross-sectional survey in Asia and Africa

DM Silvestri, M Blevins, AR Afzal… - Bulletin of the World …, 2014 - SciELO Public Health
Objective To assess medical and nursing students' intentions to migrate abroad or practice
in rural areas. Methods We surveyed 3199 first-and final-year medical and nursing students …

Research involvement among undergraduate health sciences students: a cross-sectional study

J Bovijn, N Kajee, TM Esterhuizen… - BMC medical …, 2017 - Springer
Background The development of research capacity among undergraduates is an important
intervention in countering the documented decrease in medical and health sciences …

Power, potential, and pitfalls in global health academic partnerships: review and reflections on an approach in Nepal

D Citrin, S Mehanni, B Acharya, L Wong… - Global health …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Global health academic partnerships are centered around a core tension: they
often mirror or reproduce the very cross-national inequities they seek to alleviate. On the one …

Why do doctors emigrate from Sri Lanka? A survey of medical undergraduates and new graduates

NL de Silva, K Samarasekara, C Rodrigo… - BMC research …, 2014 - Springer
Background Migration of medical professionals is a long recognized problem in Sri Lanka,
but it has not been studied in depth. Undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in …

Contribution of basic science education to the professional identity development of medical learners: a critical scoping review

JE Lindsley, EE Abali, EA Asare, CJ Chow… - Academic …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Purpose Professional identity development (PID) has become an important focus of medical
education. To date, contributions of basic science education to physician PID have not been …