EURIPA Rural Health Workforce Survey
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Recruitment and retention issues remain major obstacles to establishing a fully staffed, stable and sustainable rural healthcare workforce. This short survey aims to ascertain if there are any initiatives in individual European countries designed to enhance recruitment and retention.

 EURIPA published a Blueprint for the development of Rural Practice in Europe in 2022 which emphasised the importance of specialised rural training and the establishment of specific pathways for rural health careers.

 There has been recent interest globally in developing pathways to rural practice, encompassing a career long approach to creating a sustainable and appropriately trained rural workforce. EURIPA believes that rural health pathways should encompass a lifelong approach to career development, beginning with school students exploring their choices in health care through higher education and further training.

Please fill in this survey and pass it to as many colleagues as possible. It is crucial that we have representation from as many countries in Europe as possible.

The findings will be discussed in workshops at three major WONCA conferences this year with the aim of using the data to inform policy makers, professional bodies and educational establishments.

It is our ambition that your contributions will help establish rural training programmes and sustainable pathways to fulfilling and worthwhile rural careers for doctors and nurses. The results from the survey will also highlight good practice, and key issues that need to be addressed. The findings will be published.

We have kept this survey as short as possible and it should take you about 15 minutes to complete. 

Thank you.


1 Which country do you represent in Europe? *
2 Initiatives for School students
2.1 Are there any outreach initiatives to rural schools to encourage applications to medical and nursing schools?
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If yes, please  describe the initiatives giving the website or email addresses of key individuals, if possible? 
 
Please also clarify if it is for doctors or the nurses or both.
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2.2 Do you know of any initiatives to give rural school students preferential and supported places during undergraduate training for doctors and nurses?
If yes, please  describe the initiatives giving the website or email addresses of key individuals, if possible? 
 
Please also clarify if it is for doctors or the nurses or both.
3 Undergraduate Initiatives
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3.1 Is rural healthcare incorporated into the undergraduate curriculum?

If yes, please give details of the universities involved, and details of the length and the nature of the programme? 


3.2 Do medical and nursing students get access to rural placements during their training?  *

If yes, please give details of the universities involved, and details of the length and form of placements?

Please also clarify if it is for doctors or nurses or both.

4 Postgraduate initiatives

4.1 Are there any initiatives to provide rural training for doctors and nurses with specific specialist training designed for rural practice?

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If yes, please give details of the universities/ schemes involved, and details of the length and form of placements?

Please also clarify if it is for doctors or nurses or both.

5 Ongoing professional development

5.1 Are there any initiatives to provide ongoing professional development for rural doctors and nurses?
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If yes, please give details of the universities, professional bodies, schemes involved together with the length and form of the initiatives.


Please also clarify if it is for doctors or nurses or both.

6 Late careers

6.1 Do you know of any initiatives to support older rural doctors and nurses at later stages in their careers to avoid burn out and premature retirement?

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If yes, please tell us about them.


Please also clarify if it is for doctors or nurses or both.

7 General rural pathway initiatives
7.1 Are there any integrated initiatives in your country to develop rural training pathways for doctors and nurses?
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If yes, please tell us about them, identifying which professional groups they are aimed at, with details of the schemes.

8 Origins of the policies and initiatives
8.1 Are the initiatives and pathways described above a result of national policy or are they locally driven?
Please give details.


9 Personally, how do you think rural practice (recruitment and retention issues) can be developed in Europe?
10  Are there any academic departments or professional chairs dedicated to rural health/practice in your country?
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If yes,  please give details.

Please also clarify if it is for doctors or the nurses or both.
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