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abstract: 'Background and Objective
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The shortage of doctors, especially in rural areas, is a major concern
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in India, which in turn affects the effective delivery of health care
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services. To support new policies able to address this issue, a study
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was conducted to determine the discouraging and encouraging factors
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affecting medical students'' interests towards working in rural areas.
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Methods
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This cross-sectional, descriptive qualitative study has been conducted
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in three states of North India. It comprised six focus group
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discussions, each consisting of 10-20 medical students of six government
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medical colleges. The verbatim and thematic codes have been transcribed
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by using a `categorical aggregation approach''. The discussions were
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thematically analyzed.
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Results
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Ninety medical students participated in the study. The discouraging
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factors were grouped under two broad themes namely unchallenging
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professional environment (poor accommodation facilities and lack of
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necessary infrastructure; lack of drug and equipment supplies;
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inadequate human resource support; lesser travel and research
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opportunities) and gap between financial rewards and social
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disadvantages (lower salary and incentives, social isolation, political
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interference, lack of security). Similarly, the encouraging factors were
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congregated under three main themes namely willingness to give back to
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disadvantaged communities (desire to serve poor, underprivileged and
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home community), broader clinical exposure (preferential admission in
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post-graduation after working more than 2-3 years in rural areas) and
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higher status and respect (achieving higher social status).
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Conclusions
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This qualitative study highlights key factors affecting medical
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students'' interest to work in rural areas. A substantial similarity was
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noted between the factors which emerge from the current study and those
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documented in other countries. These findings will help policy-makers
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and medical educators to design and implement a comprehensive human
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resource strategy that shall target specific factors to encourage
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medical students to choose job positions in rural areas.'
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affiliation: 'Goel, S (Corresponding Author), Post Grad Inst Med Educ \& Res, Dept
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Community Med, Chandigarh, India.
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Goel, S (Corresponding Author), Post Grad Inst Med Educ \& Res, Sch Publ Hlth, Chandigarh,
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India.
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Goel, Sonu; Dhirar, Nonita; Sangwan, Garima; Thakur, Kanchan, Post Grad Inst Med
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Educ \& Res, Dept Community Med, Chandigarh, India.
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Goel, Sonu; Dhirar, Nonita; Sangwan, Garima; Thakur, Kanchan, Post Grad Inst Med
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Educ \& Res, Sch Publ Hlth, Chandigarh, India.
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Angeli, Federica; Ruwaard, Dirk, Maastricht Univ, Fac Hlth Med \& Life Sci, Care
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\& Publ Hlth Res Inst, Dept Hlth Serv Res, Maastricht, Netherlands.'
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article-number: e0210251
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author: Goel, Sonu and Angeli, Federica and Dhirar, Nonita and Sangwan, Garima and
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Thakur, Kanchan and Ruwaard, Dirk
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author-email: sonugoel007@yahoo.co.in
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author_list:
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- family: Goel
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given: Sonu
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- family: Angeli
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given: Federica
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- family: Dhirar
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given: Nonita
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- family: Sangwan
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given: Garima
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- family: Thakur
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given: Kanchan
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- family: Ruwaard
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given: Dirk
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210251
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files: []
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issn: 1932-6203
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journal: PLOS ONE
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keywords-plus: DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES; HEALTH; RECRUITMENT; CHALLENGES; RETENTION
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language: English
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month: JAN 10
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '48'
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orcid-numbers: 'Goel, Sonu/0000-0001-5231-7083
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Angeli, Federica/0000-0003-4010-3103
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Ruwaard, Dirk/0000-0003-4887-8413'
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papis_id: 88b0d28022effafd3f9a9d498465fa5c
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ref: Goel2019factorsaffecting
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researcherid-numbers: 'Goel, Sonu/F-7956-2010
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times-cited: '5'
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title: Factors affecting medical students' interests in working in rural areas in
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North India-A qualitative inquiry
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000455483000066
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '9'
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volume: '14'
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web-of-science-categories: Multidisciplinary Sciences
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year: '2019'
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