THE RURBAN FRINGE

Rural Doctor Attraction Requires Creativity, Tenacity

In Canada and the US, recruiting and retaining physicans in rural areas is a major, ongoing challenge.
With factors such as population growth, aging, and other issues affecting physician numbers, simply educating more doctors won’t fill this widening gap, complex changes (such as improving health care delivery models and systems) are needed, as are creative strategies which [...]

Making A Case for A New Definition of ‘Rural’

A recent editorial in the Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine reminded me why I began this blog, and makes a case for a new definition of ‘rural’ to aid policy planning, most notably for health and medical services.
“Since 1994, Australia has had five levels of “rural” that have been defined for purposes of policy planning.  In Canada, we don’t [...]