The results showed the training programme was producing doctors who were continuing on to work in rural New Zealand. The Rural Hospital Medicine Training Programme (RHMTP) was started in 2008 in response to the workforce shortage and the lack of any training programme for rural hospital doctors. Forty-six percent also finished a GP or emergency medicine training programme. The results showed the training programme was producing doctors who were continuing on to work in rural New Zealand, Dr Miller said. "Broad skills and an understanding of the rural New Zealand context are required, which is not covered in any other single-specialty training programme.”

Source: Otago Daily Times February 23, 2021 01:30 UTC