scholarly journals Return of the unexpected: Rural workforce recruitment and retention in the era of COVID‐19

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 612-616
Author(s):  
Martin Jones ◽  
Vincent Versace ◽  
David Lyle ◽  
Sandra Walsh
2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Colbran ◽  
Robyn Ramsden ◽  
Michael Edwards ◽  
Emer O'Callaghan ◽  
Dave Karlson

PurposeWhile Australia has continued to invest in polices and strategies aimed at improving rural health service provision, many communities still confront a disproportionate share of the rural workforce shortage. The NSW Rural Doctors Network (RDN) contributes its perspectives about the importance of a whole of life career and the meandering stream concept to support the retention of health professionals rurally. We unpack these concepts and examine how they bring to light a new and useful approach to addressing rural workforce challenges and potentially contribute to building a stronger integrated care approach.Design/methodology/approachThe approach used involved tapping into RDN's 30-years of experience in recruitment and retention of remote and rural health professionals, combined with insights from relevant existing and emerging evidence.FindingsWe suggest that reframing retention to consider a life stage approach to career will guide more effective targeting of rural health policies, workforce planning, collaborative approaches and allocation of incentives. We posit that an understanding and acceptance of modern lifestyles and career pathways, and a celebration of career commitment to serving rural communities, is necessary for successful recruitment and retention of Australia's future rural health workforce beyond the training pipeline.Originality/valueWe outline and visually represent RDN's meandering stream approach to building and retaining a capable rural health workforce through addressing life cycle and workforce level needs. This perspective paper draws on RDN's direct experience in the field.


1996 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 881-891 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Hough ◽  
Henry Tarke ◽  
Virginia Renker ◽  
Patricia Shields ◽  
Jeff Glatstein

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence A. Palinkas ◽  
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Catherine J. Atkins ◽  
Pamela Noel ◽  
Christopher Miller

Author(s):  
Mary Ann Dutton ◽  
Amy Holtzworth-Munroe ◽  
Ernest Jouriles ◽  
Renee McDonald ◽  
Satya Krishnan ◽  
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2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Comstock ◽  
Cathryn Potter ◽  
Charmaine Brittain ◽  
Mary Berg

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Innocent F. Okozi ◽  
Andrea Zainab Nael ◽  
Rosha Hebsur ◽  
Regina M. Sherman

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer A. Schneider ◽  
Julie Neuser ◽  
Margaret-Anne Mackintosh ◽  
Leslie A. Morland

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