Improving primary health care workforce retention in small rural and remote communities: How important is ongoing education and training?

Made available by the Northern Territory Library via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)."This study examines the role and contribution of continuing professional development in enhancing workplace attractiveness and improving retention of primary health workers in small rural and remote communities. In particular, it examines how important education and training is to increasing workforce retention relative to other factors, the best way of providing effective education and training to rural and remote primary health care workers, and evaluates the costs and benefits associated with providing such education and training." - IntroductionIntroduction -- Methods -- results -- Limitations of the study -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendices 1-6The research reported in this paper is a project of the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, which is supported by a grant from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing under the Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development Strategy. At head of title: Australian National University, Australian Primary Health Care Research institute, School of Rural Health Monash University, Centre for Remote Health, Flinders and Charles Darwin Universities and Menzies Centre for Health Policy