Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Jun 26, 2020
Date Accepted: Nov 17, 2020
STUDENT PLACEMENTS AND WORKFORCE LOCATION OUTCOMES STUDY: PROTOCOL PAPER
ABSTRACT
Background:
The successful recruitment and retention of health professionals to rural and remote areas of Australia is a health policy priority. Student undergraduate or graduate entry nursing or allied health learning placements in the Northern Territory of Australia (most of which is considered remote) may influence rural or remote work location decisions.
Objective:
The aim of the study is to determine where allied health professionals and nurses who have had a student placement/s in the Northern Territory of Australia end up practising.
Methods:
This research is an observational cohort study with a baseline data collection and then repeated annual data collection over 10 years (2017/18-2029). The baseline data collection is a demographic profile of allied health and nursing students and their evaluation of their NT placement using a nationally consistent questionnaire. Annual Work Location Surveys will track work location and the influences on work location decisions.
Results:
The study will have the unique ability to report on the impact of remote health training placements.
Conclusions:
This study will generate important data on the remote and rural work locations of nursing and allied health professional students who had a placement in the Northern Territory of Australia. It will be able to determine what are the most important characteristics of those who take up remote and rural employment (even if outside NT), and identify barriers to remote employment. Clinical Trial: N/A
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