Determinants of an urban origin student choosing rural practice: a scoping review

Prof Douglas Myhre

qualifications: MD, CCFP, FCFP, FRRMS

contribution: original concept

position: Associate Dean

Canada

Dr. Myhre is Professor Emeritus, Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine (CSM), Calgary, Canada. He has successfully designed and implemented rural based medical education programs, both undergrad and postgraduate: the CSM Rural Family Medicine residency program, the University of Calgary Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship, the Distributed Royal College postgraduate initiative and has designed a distributed Physician Assistant curriculum. His research is grounded in social accountability. His passion is fueled by over 30 years of generalist clinical practice. He continues to practice in rural locums.

Sameer Bajaj

qualifications: MPH

contribution: designed the project

position: Research Associate

Canada

-Systematic Reviews of literature regarding rural retention of physicians. -Adding literature by submitting manuscripts to peer reviewed journals. -Statistical Analysis on data regarding practice locations of physicians. -Development of KP I's for various funding agencies. -Developing surveys, validating and implementing them for data collection -Designing novel research hypothesis and their testing.

Wes Jackson

qualifications: MD, CCFP, FCFP

contribution: contributed to drafts

position: Assistant Professor

Canada

Longitudinal integrated clerkships, e-learning, distance education