Recruiting and retaining rural students: evidence from a Faculty of Dentistry in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorMcMillan, Wendy
dc.contributor.authorBarrie, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T13:46:57Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T13:46:57Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThere is a shortage internationally of adequately trained health professionals to service rural areas. Health professionals are more likely to practice in communities that are like the one in which they grew up. The WHO therefore suggests targeted university admission policies to facilitate the enrolment of students from rural areas. In South Africa, rural students have special needs with regard to university access and throughput because they come from the most economically disadvantaged communities and often are the first in their families to attend university. This descriptive study, the first in South Africa with a cohort of dentistry students, draws on data from undergraduates at a single faculty of dentistry in South Africa. It investigates the factors affecting rural students’ access to university, their academic success, as well as their employment intentions.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationMcMillan, W. & Barrie, R.B. (2012). Recruiting and retaining rural students: evidence from a Faculty of Dentistry in South Africa. Rural and Remote Health, 12(1855): 1-10en_US
dc.identifier.issn1445-6354
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/1087
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherDeakin Universityen_US
dc.rights© 2012 McMillan & Barrie; licensee Deakin University. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectAccessen_US
dc.subjectEquityen_US
dc.subjectOral health careen_US
dc.subjectRetentionen_US
dc.subjectRural studentsen_US
dc.subjectUndergraduate educationen_US
dc.titleRecruiting and retaining rural students: evidence from a Faculty of Dentistry in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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