Title:
Factors Influencing the Motivation of Medical Students for Medical Practice in Rural Areas: A Review
Authors:
Budhathoki, Shyam Sundar
Year:
2014
PAGE:
vi, 62
Subject:
Health and Poverty
Keywords:
Medical Students, Career Choice, Rural Areas, Medical Education, Nepal
Abstract:
The choice of working in rural areas is influenced by a multitude of factors. The motivation developed as a medical student is important in making this choice. Medical students in Nepal showed low level of motivation for working in rural areas. This study explores the factors, which influence the motivation of medical students to work in rural areas following graduation in Nepal. A literature search was conducted in Pubmed, Cochrane, Scopus, Embase, Eric and Google scholar from 2000 to July 2014. Papers reporting factors for motivation among medical students to work in rural areas were included. Lack of infrastructures, high workload, poor hospital management and isolation are among the health facility factors that do not motivate medical practice in rural areas. Rural background, rural exposure, personal preferences for rural area are motivating factors for medical practice in rural areas. Selecting medical students from rural background, training in rural areas with community-based curriculum, early exposure to community during medical training and rural location of medical school are interventions to motivate medical students to work in rural areas. Rural background, medical education, curriculum and medical school factors are more relevant to medical students than the health facility factors. In Nepal, recommended interventions are selections of medical students with rural backgrounds, regulating the scholarship schemes with obligatory service in rural areas following graduation reinforcing community-based curriculum, training in rural facilities, and rural location for new medical schools.
Organization:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute
,
VU - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Institute:
KIT (Royal Tropical Institue)
Department:
Development Policy & Practice
Country:
Nepal, Federal Democratic Republic of
Region:
South Asia
Training:
Master of Public Health / International Course in Health Development (ICHD)
Category:
Research
Right:
© 2014 Budhathoki
Document type:
Thesis/dissertation
File:
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