Determining constructs of high-quality rural health student placements: a multiple case ECOUTER study
C. Quilliam, J. Ferns, E. Green, M. Ridd, L. Moore, L. Sheepway, C. Seaton, C. Taylor, R. L. Rasiah, J. Bailie, K. Fitzgerald, J. Debenham · 2026
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C. Quilliam and eleven colleagues set out in 2026 to define what makes a rural health student placement genuinely good in Australia. Rural communities face uneven access to care, partly because health workers cluster in cities, and student placements are one way to build a rural workforce. Earlier work leaned on stand-ins such as student satisfaction, so the team asked placement staff what quality really consists of.
Eighty-six people across ten cases took part, building mind maps in workshops and refining them in focus groups. Cross-case work produced nine constructs that shape placement quality, starting with placement planning, student selection, and communication among stakeholders. The framework gives universities and health services a shared language for designing placements that serve students and rural communities alike.
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| CREATOR | C. Quilliam, J. Ferns, E. Green, M. Ridd, L. Moore, L. Sheepway, C. Seaton, C. Taylor, R. L. Rasiah, J. Bailie, K. Fitzgerald, J. Debenham |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 65127 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |