Health Careers Education for Rural Primary Schoolchildren

Autor/in	Gorton, Susan M.
Titel	Health Careers Education for Rural Primary Schoolchildren
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Career Development, 20 (2011) 1, S.5-14 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1038-4162
Schlagwörter	Career Choice; Health Occupations; Role Models; Action Research; Distance Education; Health Personnel; Allied Health Occupations Education; Rural Areas; Foreign Countries; Employment Opportunities; Elementary School Students; Health Services; Interviews; Student Attitudes; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gesundheitsberuf; Identifikationsfigur; Projektforschung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Medizinisches Personal; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ausland; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Australien
Abstract	International and national studies have reported that health professionals who grew up in a rural area are more likely to return to work in a rural area than their urban raised counterparts. The chronic severe shortage of health professionals in rural and remote Australia has meant inequitable health care for rural and remote communities and a shortage of health professional role models for rural children. Career development theories and related research indicate that children start to develop ideas about careers from early childhood but, before they can aspire to a career, they must have knowledge of that career. This article explores the knowledge that primary school students who live in rural and remote areas and study by distance education have of the health professions. This article draws from part of a project that uses qualitative interviews and elements of action research to understand career opportunities for rural and remote students in the health professions and to contribute to building sustainable solutions to the shortage of health professionals in these areas. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10