Abstract：
BACKGROUND: 20 years ago, health professional student placements in rural areas of Australia were identified as an important rural recruitment strategy and funding priority. Since then, there has been a growing body of research investigating the value, impact, barriers and facilitators of student placements in rural areas of Australia. Charles Sturt University, Three Rivers Department of Rural Health, was recently awarded an Australian Government grant to expand their Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training (RHMT) programme, designed to increase multi-disciplinary student placements in rural areas of New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The aim of this study is to determine if the expanded RHMT has a positive social return on investment (SROI).
METHODS: The RHMT Programme will expand into the Forbes/Parkes/Lachlan local government areas of NSW where there is a population of 21 004 people, including 3743 First Nations peoples. Data collection includes collecting programme outputs, programme costs and conducting surveys and interviews with students, host organisations, supervisors and community members including First Nations peoples. The SROI will quantify the \'investment\' required to implement the RHMT programme, as well as the \'social return\' on the RHMT programme from the student, organisational, supervisor and community perspectives. The SROI will compare the combined cost with the combined return, from a societal perspective, including a 3-year time horizon, with cost data presented in $A 2024/25.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this SROI study may influence future Australian government investment in RHMT as a mechanism for supporting rural allied health recruitment and for investing in the local rural economy.
BACKGROUND: This study has been approved by the Charles Sturt University Human Research Ethics Committee (#H23589) and the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of New South Wales (#2130/23). Results will be disseminated via a peer-review journal publication, as well as conference presentations.
METHODS: The RHMT Programme will expand into the Forbes/Parkes/Lachlan local government areas of NSW where there is a population of 21 004 people, including 3743 First Nations peoples. Data collection includes collecting programme outputs, programme costs and conducting surveys and interviews with students, host organisations, supervisors and community members including First Nations peoples. The SROI will quantify the \'investment\' required to implement the RHMT programme, as well as the \'social return\' on the RHMT programme from the student, organisational, supervisor and community perspectives. The SROI will compare the combined cost with the combined return, from a societal perspective, including a 3-year time horizon, with cost data presented in $A 2024/25.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this SROI study may influence future Australian government investment in RHMT as a mechanism for supporting rural allied health recruitment and for investing in the local rural economy.
BACKGROUND: This study has been approved by the Charles Sturt University Human Research Ethics Committee (#H23589) and the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of New South Wales (#2130/23). Results will be disseminated via a peer-review journal publication, as well as conference presentations.
摘要：
背景：20年前，在澳大利亚农村地区的卫生专业学生安置被确定为重要的农村招聘策略和资金优先事项。从那以后,有越来越多的研究调查这种价值，影响，澳大利亚农村地区学生安置的障碍和促进者。查尔斯斯特特大学,农村卫生三河部,最近获得了澳大利亚政府的赠款，以扩大其农村卫生多学科培训（RHMT）计划，旨在增加新南威尔士州（NSW）农村地区的多学科学生实习，澳大利亚。这项研究的目的是确定扩大的RHMT是否具有积极的社会投资回报（SROI）。
方法：RHMT计划将扩展到新南威尔士州的福布斯/帕克斯/拉克兰地方政府地区，那里有21004人，包括3743个第一民族。数据收集包括收集方案产出，课程费用以及对学生进行调查和访谈，主办组织,监督员和社区成员，包括第一民族人民。SROI将量化实施RHMT计划所需的“投资”，以及学生对RHMT计划的“社会回报”，组织,主管和社区观点。SROI将比较综合成本与综合回报，从社会的角度来看，包括3年的时间范围，成本数据以2024/25美元表示。
结论：这项SROI研究的结果可能会影响未来澳大利亚政府对RHMT的投资，作为支持农村专职医疗招募和投资当地农村经济的机制。
背景：本研究已获得CharlesSturt大学人类研究伦理委员会（＃H23589）和新南威尔士州原住民健康与医学研究委员会（＃2130/23）的批准。结果将通过同行评审期刊出版物传播，以及会议演示。
方法：RHMT计划将扩展到新南威尔士州的福布斯/帕克斯/拉克兰地方政府地区，那里有21004人，包括3743个第一民族。数据收集包括收集方案产出，课程费用以及对学生进行调查和访谈，主办组织,监督员和社区成员，包括第一民族人民。SROI将量化实施RHMT计划所需的“投资”，以及学生对RHMT计划的“社会回报”，组织,主管和社区观点。SROI将比较综合成本与综合回报，从社会的角度来看，包括3年的时间范围，成本数据以2024/25美元表示。
结论：这项SROI研究的结果可能会影响未来澳大利亚政府对RHMT的投资，作为支持农村专职医疗招募和投资当地农村经济的机制。
背景：本研究已获得CharlesSturt大学人类研究伦理委员会（＃H23589）和新南威尔士州原住民健康与医学研究委员会（＃2130/23）的批准。结果将通过同行评审期刊出版物传播，以及会议演示。
