Demographic data was gathered concerning gender, years since medical school graduation, practice location, practice type, and practice specialty.
The PCP's sex, year of graduation, and location of medical school was extracted from CPSO to describe the physician sample.
Of the few studies that stated they had accounted for rural background, the strongest predictors for practising rurally, following graduation, were location of the medical school and time spent gaining experience in rural practices during medical education.
Six of the questionnaires were excluded because 4 respondents rated essential items incorrectly and/or left out important demographic information e.g. year of graduation, training location, that was vital for the analysis.
When comparing perceptions of intake transition records received by PCP characteristics, it was found that there were no significant differences in PCP responses by sex, medical school graduation year, or location of medical school from which the PCP graduated (p > 0.05).
This instrumental variable should correct the biases from endogenous choice of timing and location of graduation conditional on the highest degree attained.
These results survived multivariate analyses that accounted for the age of physician, practice location, and graduation period [ 25].
A scoping review was undertaken to identify what was known about the impact of professional entry medical education in rural places on rural medical practice location following graduation.
The questionnaire items assessed demographic factors (age, gender, race/ethnicity) and practice-related demographics (year of dental school graduation, practice type, practice location, weekly work hours).
Our aim was to maximise the range of literature captured, so the question, 'What is known about the impact of professional entry medical education in rural places on rural medical practice location following graduation?' guided the search strategy.
