Place-based rural health professional pre-registration education programs: a scoping review

Lara Fuller, Jessica Beattie, Matthew McGrail, Vincent L Versace, Gary David Rogers · 2025 · Frontiers in Medicine

Summary. Place-based health professional education programs train students in rural communities to address healthcare workforce shortages. A review of 138 programs across 12 countries identified four training models: short-term placements, extended placements, rural campuses, and distributed blended learning. Programs recruit local students, engage communities in selection and delivery, and evaluate graduate work locations and access outcomes. Successful programs combine widening educational access, comprehensive design, and community engagement aligned with social accountability.

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  title   = {Place-based rural health professional pre-registration education programs: a scoping review},
  author  = {Lara Fuller and Jessica Beattie and Matthew McGrail and Vincent L Versace and Gary David Rogers},
  journal = {Frontiers in Medicine},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.3389/fmed.2025.1546701},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1546701}
}

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DOI

10.3389/fmed.2025.1546701

Countries

Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, New Zealand, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Brazil, Kenya, India

Regions

Oceania, North America, Europe, Africa, South America, Asia

Categories

rural-healthcare, education, regional-innovation-systems

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2026-04-28