TY - JOUR
T1 - Extending a Conceptual Framework for Junior Doctors’ Career Decision Making and Rural Careers
T2 - Explorers versus Planners and Finding the ‘Right Fit’
AU - Cuesta Briand, Beatriz
AU - Coleman, Mathew
AU - Ledingham, Rebekah
AU - Moore, Sarah
AU - Wright, Helen
AU - Oldham, David
AU - Playford, Denese
PY - 2020/2/2
Y1 - 2020/2/2
N2 - This study uses data from a Rural Clinical School of Western Australia (RCSWA) and WA Country Health (WACHS) study on rural work intentions among junior doctors to explore their internal decision-making processes and gain a better understanding of how junior doctors make decisions along their career pathway. This was a qualitative study involving junior doctor participants in postgraduate years (PGY) 1 to 5 undergoing training in Western Australia (WA). Data was collected through semi-structured telephone interviews. Two main themes were identified:career decision-making as an on-going process; and early career doctors’ internal decision-making process, which fell broadly into two groups (‘explorers’ and ‘planners’). Both groups of junior doctors require ongoing personalised career advice, training pathways, and career development opportunities that best “fit” their internal decision-making processes for the purposes of enhancing rural workforce outcomes.
AB - This study uses data from a Rural Clinical School of Western Australia (RCSWA) and WA Country Health (WACHS) study on rural work intentions among junior doctors to explore their internal decision-making processes and gain a better understanding of how junior doctors make decisions along their career pathway. This was a qualitative study involving junior doctor participants in postgraduate years (PGY) 1 to 5 undergoing training in Western Australia (WA). Data was collected through semi-structured telephone interviews. Two main themes were identified:career decision-making as an on-going process; and early career doctors’ internal decision-making process, which fell broadly into two groups (‘explorers’ and ‘planners’). Both groups of junior doctors require ongoing personalised career advice, training pathways, and career development opportunities that best “fit” their internal decision-making processes for the purposes of enhancing rural workforce outcomes.
KW - junior doctor
KW - career decision making
KW - rural workforce
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph17041352
DO - 10.3390/ijerph17041352
M3 - Article
C2 - 32093138
SN - 1660-4601
VL - 17
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 4
M1 - 1352
ER -