Research Article
A Change in Students’ Perceptions of Peer and Faculty Attitudes to Rural Medicine following the Introduction of a Rural Health Rotation
Table 1
Students’ perceptions of faculty and peers views of rural health by clinical school.
| Students perception
(before rural curriculum at DSM) | | Christchurch School of Medicine (CSM) | Dunedin School of Medicine (DSM) (rural curriculum since 2000) | Wellington School of Medicine (WSM) | Differences between schools | | | % () | % () | % () |
| | Rural general practice viewed positively by teachers | Highly | 41.5 (22) | 70.8 (46) | 21.9 (16) | CSM versus DSM versus WSM | | Neutral | 43.4 (23) | 26.2 (17) | 53.4 (39) | | | Not highly | 15.1 (8) | 3.1 (2) | 24.7 (18) | |
| | Rural general practice promoted by teachers | Highly | 26.4 (14) | 63.1 (41) | 13.7 (10) | CSM versus DSM versus WSM | | Neutral | 39.6 (21) | 29.2 (19) | 42.5 (31) | | | Not highly | 34.0 (18) | 7.7 (5) | 43.8 (32) | |
| | Rural general practice discussed as a discipline by teachers | Yes | 42.3 (22) | 55.4 (36) | 29.3 (22) | CSM & DSM v WSM
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| | Rural general practice discussed as a career option amongst peers | Highly | 76 (40) | 75.4 (49) | 65.3 (49) | CSM versus DSM versus WSM | | Neutral | 5.8 (3) | 15.4 (10) | 18.7 (14) | | | Not highly | 17.3 (9) | 9.2 (6) | 16.0 (12) | |
| | Rural general practice viewed positively by peers | Highly | 26.4 (13) | 23.1 (15) | 22.7 (17) | CSM versus DSM versus WSM | | Neutral | 35.8 (19) | 58.5 (38) | 49.3 (37) | | | Not highly | 37.8 (20) | 18.4 (12) | 28.0 (21) | |
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