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1 . 2020

Foreign experience in providing medical personnel in rural areas

Abstract

In the article foreign experience in training and retaining medical personnel in rural areas is represented. Among existing programs, the following are most effective: programs that use financial incentives to attract medical personnel to areas with shortage of healthcare workers; programs that use existing or formed connections between medical students and rural areas.

Keywords:medical education, career in the healthcare industry, professional orientation, target medical students' learning

Funding. The study had no sponsor support.

Conflict of interests. The authors declare no conflict of interests.

For citation: Koychueva S.M. Foreign experience in providing medical personnel in rural areas. Meditsinskoe obrazovanie i professional'noe razvitie [Medical Education and Professional Development]. 2020; 1 1 (1): 76-85. doi: 10.24411/2220-8453-2020-11005. (in Russian)

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