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Rural Public Health Workforce Training and Development: The Performance of an Undergraduate Internship Programme in a Rural Hospital and Healthcare Centre

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  • Luis Miguel Dos Santos

    (Woosong Language Institute, Woosong University, Daejeon 34514, Korea)

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Workforce shortages in the field of public health and healthcare are significant. Due to the limitations of career opportunities and compensation, rural hospitals and healthcare centres usually have on-going career openings for all departments. As a result, university departments of public health and healthcare management, and rural hospitals and health centres may need to establish internship and training programmes for undergraduate senior-year students in order to provide opportunities and human resource opportunities for both students and public health professions. The research examined the performance, feedback, and opinions of a university-based one-year-long on-site internship training programme between a university public health and healthcare undergraduate department and a regional hospital and healthcare centre in a rural region in the United States. Individual interview data were collected from management trainees and focus group activities data were collected from hospital departmental supervisors who have completed this one-year-long on-site internship training programme. The results offered an assessment of performance and evaluation of how a one-year-long internship programme could be beneficial to hospitals and health centres in the areas of human resources, manpower management, and skill training to prospective professionals in rural and regional communities. Also, the study provided a blueprint and alternative for universities and partnered sites to redesign and improve their current internship programmes which may better fit their needs for their actual situations.

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  • Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2019. "Rural Public Health Workforce Training and Development: The Performance of an Undergraduate Internship Programme in a Rural Hospital and Healthcare Centre," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(7), pages 1-24, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:7:p:1259-:d:221045
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    1. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "I Want to Become a Registered Nurse as a Non-Traditional, Returning, Evening, and Adult Student in a Community College: A Study of Career-Changing Nursing Students," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(16), pages 1-20, August.
    2. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "I Am a Nursing Student but Hate Nursing: The East Asian Perspectives between Social Expectation and Social Context," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(7), pages 1-18, April.
    3. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "Male Nursing Practitioners and Nursing Educators: The Relationship between Childhood Experience, Social Stigma, and Social Bias," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(14), pages 1-16, July.
    4. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "How Does COVID-19 Pandemic Influence the Sense of Belonging and Decision-Making Process of Nursing Students: The Study of Nursing Students’ Experiences," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(15), pages 1-19, August.
    5. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "The Relationship between the COVID-19 Pandemic and Nursing Students’ Sense of Belonging: The Experiences and Nursing Education Management of Pre-Service Nursing Professionals," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(16), pages 1-18, August.

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