Why medical students will not practice in rural areas: evidence from a survey |
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| Authors: | S A Zaidi |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA;2. Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;3. Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;4. Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Surgery, Chicago, IL, USA;5. Department of Surgery, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, USA;6. Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA;7. Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women''s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;8. Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA;9. Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USAn;10. Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA;11. Department of Surgery, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, USA;12. Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA;13. Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA;14. Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA;15. Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA;1. Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands;2. Interfaculty Mass Spectrometry Centre, Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands;3. European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University Medical Center Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands;1. Hamed Alessa Organ Transplant Center, Shuwaikh, Kuwait;2. Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura University, Egypt;3. Mycology Reference Laboratory, Mubarak Al-Kabeer hospital, Jabriya 46307, Kuwait;4. Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, 616 Nizwa, Oman;5. Department of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Nizwa, Nizwa 616, Oman;6. Centre of Expertise in Mycology Radboud University Medical Centre/ Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, the Netherlands;7. Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, the Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | A survey of medical students was held in order to determine the reasons why they were not willing to set up practice in rural areas after graduation. The reasons they gave were quite typical: lack of facilities, lack of opportunities for themselves and their family, poor income, etc. We also discovered that not many were acquainted with rural health conditions and a very great percentage wanted to go to the West for specialisation. We have tried to set their responses in light of the socio-economic and political system prevalent in a typical capitalist UDC. The conclusion that we have reached is that it is the class system in these societies which has determined the responses of the students, and it is the main factor which causes a dearth of medical manpower in rural areas. |
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