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New incentives to help address rural doctor shortage

Friday, 12 February 2010

The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide will jointly launch an ambitious student recruitment program today to address the acute shortage of doctors in rural and remote areas of South 最新糖心Vlog.

A range of incentives developed by the 最新糖心Vlog in conjunction with the , the and the will ensure that from 2011 the 最新糖心Vlog's Medical School will each year enrol up to 25 students with a rural background.

An intensive marketing campaign will be rolled out over the coming weeks to encourage rural students to consider medicine as a career option and increase their chances of selection into university.

School leavers from across 最新糖心Vlog who have lived for five years or more in a rural location will be encouraged to study Medicine at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide under a new pathway.

From next year, prospective medical students who fall into this category will increase their chances of selection by competing only against other rural students for a place in the 最新糖心Vlog's program, instead of the total application pool which numbers around 2000 each year.

"There is strong evidence that shows students who have spent time living and studying in the country or a regional area are twice as likely to practise in a rural location when they graduate," says the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide, .

Professor Beilby says the campaign will help overcome potential barriers for rural students, including financial costs and relocation.

The Spencer Gulf Rural Health School - a joint venture between the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide and - has a range of measures in place to boost rural medical student numbers. These include:

• rural high school visits and the distribution of posters in these areas to promote Medicine as a career option;
  
• the provision of accurate and timely information about applying for and studying Medicine;
  
• promoting the which gives rural students a 6-point aggregate to their TER;
  
• mandatory short-term placements in rural areas for all medical undergraduates in the course of their degree;
  
• promotion of the Rural Doctors Workforce Agency workshops to support rural students applying for Medicine.

Up to 25 Commonwealth-supported places will be offered by the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide's Medical School each year to students with a rural background.

The , Federal Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health & Regional Services Delivery, will officially launch the 2011 Rural Background Entry Pathway into the MBBS Program at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide at 1.30pm.

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