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Table 8 Recommendations

From: Retention of allied health professionals in rural New South Wales: a thematic analysis of focus group discussions

RECOMMENDATIONS

– Engage local communities to help attract and retain rural AH professionals

– Provide access to universities in regional centres

– Increase access to CPD through travel subsidy, locum backfill and management support

– Encourage development of regional professional networks

– Invest in infrastructure and IT support for online education, and develop blended learning models to deliver CPD while also addressing professional isolation

– Support extended practice roles for rural AH professionals, as well as enhancing opportunities for career progression appropriate to life stage

– Address workplace culture and provide stress management training & personal support to rural AH professionals

– Train allied health managers, and increase their role in decision making for resource deployment and service delivery design

– Preserve some access to clinical practice for allied health managers