Med schools need higher rural quotas to solve workforce crisis: AMA
The 'trickle out' theory of doctor distribution isn't working, it says
Medical schools need to introduce higher quotas of rural students to address the health workforce distribution crisis, the AMA says.
The AMA is calling for 33% of Commonwealth-supported places across the country to be allocated to rural-origin medical students each year, arguing that people who grow up in the bush are more likely to work in rural areas after graduating.
