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Supporting more health workers to remain in rural and remote Australian communities is about helping them settle in socially, as well as professionally. Australians in rural and remote areas have poorer health outcomes than people in metropolitan areas, and severe workforce shortages are a major contributor – particularly when it comes to nurses...
Some overseas-trained GPs move to major cities after their mandatory rural work, but others stay on and put down roots. What makes people stay? For international medical graduates (IMGs) settling in Australia, there is a major hurdle to jump: the Federal Government’s moratorium, which requires living and working in rural or remote areas for up t...