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Will graduating medical students prefer to practise in rural communities?

Published in: South African Family Practice
Volume 52 , issue 2 , 2010 , pages: 149–153

DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2010.10873958

Author(s): JM Van Wyk Department of Medical Education, South Africa , SS Naidoo Department of Family Medicine, South Africa , TM Esterhuizen Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa

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Abstract

Background: The shortage of doctors and their maldistribution between urban and rural areas contribute to inequitable health care delivery. Strategies are being sought by the government and universities to address these challenges. At the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine of the University of KwaZulu-Natal the admissions policy ensures greater access to rural students and curricular interventions have been introduced to increase an awareness of the plight of vulnerable communities. This study attempted to ascertain the career intentions of final-year medical students and the influence of area of origin and gender on the location of their proposed future practice.

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