In rural areas, work-integrated learning in the form of health student placements has several potential benefits, including contributing to student learning, enhancing rural health service capacity and attracting future rural health workforce. Understanding what constitutes a high-quality rural placement experience is important for enhancing these outcomes. There is no current standardised definition of quality in the context of rural health placements, nor is there understanding of how this can be achieved across different rural contexts. The study is guided by one broad research question: what are the determinants of high-quality health professions student placements in regional, rural and remote Australia?
This project is a collaborative project with a range of University Departments of Rural Health across Australia and is supported by the Australian Rural Health Education Network (ARHEN). The project is led by Dr Claire Quilliam, Department of Rural Health, The University of Melbourne.
