Purpose The prevailing paradigms of clinical reasoning conceptualize context either as
noise that masks, or as external factors that influence, the internal cognitive processes …

Background: Supporting the provision of clinical placement (CP) experiences in rural areas
is a strategy used worldwide to promote the rural health workforce. While there is …

Among the many challenges facing rural administrators, recruiting and retaining teachers is
often at the top of the list. Given the time and energy they must invest to successfully attract …

This paper reviews major structural drivers of place-based health disparities in the context of
Canada, an industrialized nation with a strong public health system. Likelihood that the …

Background The participation and success of university health students in rural areas is
critical in addressing the maldistribution of the rural health workforces internationally …

Objectives To explore and synthesise the evidence relating to features of quality in rural
health student placements. Design Scoping review. Data sources MEDLINE, CINAHL …

Introduction. The Kawa Model is a conceptual occupational therapy model of practice that
uses the metaphor of a river as a medium to support the exploration of self, life events, and …

Background Australian data has indicated that the frequency and severity of family and
domestic violence (FDV) tends to increase with remoteness. Rural communities rely on …

Rural and remote communities are challenged by an incongruous combination of poorer
health and deficits of health professionals. Health professionals working in rural and remote …

Rural communities around the world struggle to recruit and retain health workers to service
the health needs of their diverse populations. The ensuing lack of access to essential health …