Rural Health Workforce
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Director, UDRH
Professor Lisa Bourke(03) 5823 4519
Research Overview
Rural areas in Australia and the Western world struggle to recruit and retain a health workforce equipped to meet the needs of rural residents. This research stream investigates the recruitment and retention of the rural workforce as well as the training of rural health professionals. The work of this research group focuses on four areas that investigate the training of the future workforce as well as the workforce needs and related issues:
- Medical education in rural areas
- Nursing and allied health training in rural areas
- Workforce needs in northern Victoria
- Recruitment to, and retention of, rural health professionals in rural areas
Staff
Rebecca Caygill
Funding
Australian Government Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training program.
Research Publications
Cosgrave, C., Malatzky, C., & Gillespie, J. (2019) Social determinants of rural health workforce retention: A scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16(3) 314. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16030314
Cosgrave, C., Maple, M., & Hussain, R. (2018). An explanation of turnover intention among early-career nursing and allied health professionals working in rural and remote Australia - findings from a grounded theory study.. Rural and Remote Health, 18(3), 4511. doi:10.22605/RRH4511
Cosgrave, C., Maple, M., & Hussain, R. (2018). Work challenges negatively affecting the job satisfaction of early career community mental health professionals working in rural Australia: findings from a qualitative study. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 13(3), 173-186. doi:10.1108/JMHTEP-02-2017-0008
Caygill, R., Peardon, M., Waite, C., & Wright, J. (2017). Comparing a longitudinal integrated clerkship with traditional hospital-based rotations in a rural setting. Medical Teacher, 39(5), 520-526. doi:10.1080/0142159X.2017.1297893
Caygill, R., Peardon, M., Waite, C., McIntyre, I., Bradley, D., & Wright, J. (2017). Attitudes towards peer review of teaching in medical education. Focus on health professional education – A multidisciplinary journal, 18(2), 47-60. doi:10.11157/fohpe.v18i2.224
Cosgrave, C., Maple, M., & Hussain, R. (2017). Factors affecting job satisfaction of Aboriginal mental health workers working in community mental health in rural and remote New South Wales. Australian health review, 41(6), 707-711. doi:10.1071/AH16128
Malcolm, H. (2016). Towards medical practice - a mindful journey. In J. Sellers, & B. Moss (Eds.), Learning with the Labyrinth Creating Reflective Space in Higher Education (first ed., pp. 110-117). England: Palgrave Macmillan.
Ervin, K., Currie, F., Nielsen, G., & Koschel, A. (2016). The value of a rural isolated practice endorsed registered nurse in a small rural health service. Research in Health Science, 1(1). doi:10.22158/rhs.v1n1p58
Pierce, D., Little, F., Bennett-Levy, J., Isaacs, A. N., Bridgman, H., Lutkin, S. J., . . . Martinez, L. A. (2016). Mental health academics in rural and remote Australia. Rural and remote health, 16(3), 11 pages. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
Wakerman, J., Humphreys, J., Bourke, L., Dunbar, T., Jones, M., Carey, T., . . . Murakami-Gold, L. (2016). Assessing the Impact and Cost of Short-Term Health Workforce in Remote Indigenous Communities in Australia: A Mixed Methods Study Protocol. JMIR research protocols, 5(4), 8 pages. doi:10.2196/resprot.5831