Informing the Surgical Workforce Pathway: How Rural Community Characteristics Matter

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Explores meanings associated with community characteristics by rural and urban surgeons, utilizing interview data from 22 rural and 15 urban general surgeons in the Midwest. Identifies rural-urban differences in approach to physical environment, health resources, and professional/personal community roles. Discusses implications for surgeons' practice location choices and surgical workforce education and recruitment.

Dorothy Hughes, Joshua Mammen, Tomas L Griebling, Joanna Veazey Brooks

Remote and Rural Health, 24(1), 8363

01/2024

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Health workforce education and training · Physicians · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Surgery