Today, the Indian healthcare sector is facing a shortage of doctors. Most medical institutes encourage or mandate young budding doctors to serve in rural areas as part of their education. However, young doctors don’t prefer to work in rural areas, which represent 70% of the population.
In a recent study, among the final year students and interns from the six government medical colleges from Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab show important factor that plays the main role in rural posting. In this study, the participants were asked their opinions about serving in a rural area and the possible challenges and advantages associated with it. The study participants listed several factors like an unchallenging professional environment loaded with issues like lack of proper accommodation and infrastructure, shortage of equipment and drugs, inadequate resources and limited opportunities for…
