Research to inform and support the Home Grown approach
A La Trobe University study found 81.2% of rural/regional origin health students end up working regionally, versus only 16% of metropolitan-origin students. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ajr.12864?utm
The Skinner et al. (2022) AJRH study identified that childhood origin explains around 33% of the variance in whether health graduates work rurally, while rural placements also significantly influence practice location https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajr.12864