Extending a Conceptual Framework for Junior Doctors’ Career Decision Making and Rural Careers: Explorers versus Planners and Finding the ‘Right Fit’

Beatriz Cuesta-Briand, Mathew Coleman, Rebekah Ledingham, Sarah Moore, Helen Wright, David Oldham and Denese Playford
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Beatriz Cuesta-Briand: Rural Clinical School of Western Australia, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia, 6280 West Busselton, Australia
Mathew Coleman: Rural Clinical School of Western Australia, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia, 6280 West Busselton, Australia
Rebekah Ledingham: Rural Clinical School of Western Australia, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia, 6280 West Busselton, Australia
Sarah Moore: Rural Clinical School of Western Australia, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia, 6280 West Busselton, Australia
Helen Wright: Rural Clinical School of Western Australia, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia, 6280 West Busselton, Australia
David Oldham: Western Australia Country Health Service, 6000 Perth, Australia
Denese Playford: Rural Clinical School of Western Australia, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia, 6280 West Busselton, Australia

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 4, 1-11

Abstract: This study uses data from a Rural Clinical School of Western Australia (RCSWA) and WA Country Health (WACHS) study on rural work intentions among junior doctors to explore their internal decision-making processes and gain a better understanding of how junior doctors make decisions along their career pathway. This was a qualitative study involving junior doctor participants in postgraduate years (PGY) 1 to 5 undergoing training in Western Australia (WA). Data was collected through semi-structured telephone interviews. Two main themes were identified: career decision-making as an on-going process; and early career doctors’ internal decision-making process, which fell broadly into two groups (‘explorers’ and ‘planners’). Both groups of junior doctors require ongoing personalised career advice, training pathways, and career development opportunities that best “fit” their internal decision-making processes for the purposes of enhancing rural workforce outcomes.

Keywords: junior doctor; rural workforce; career decision making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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