Understanding the professional factors that impact the retention of pathology workers in regional, rural and remote Australia.

Autor: Werth K; School of Medicine, Griffith University, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia., Gurney T; Adjunct Research Fellow, Rural Clinical School, University of Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Australian journal of rural health [Aust J Rural Health] 2024 Dec; Vol. 32 (6), pp. 1185-1199. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 10.
DOI: 10.1111/ajr.13191
Abstrakt: Objective: The objective of this study was to determine what professional factors impact the retention of pathology workers in regional, rural and remote Australia.
Design: A cross-sectional survey was used to collect data regarding the professional factors that impact the retention of regional, rural and remote pathology workers in Australia (n = 95). The survey focused on pathology workers' satisfaction with specific professional factors and how long they intended to stay in their current position.
Setting: Regional, rural and remote (MM2-7) pathology laboratories in Australia.
Participants: There were a total of 95 participants, including 24 phlebotomists/laboratory assistants, 34 medical laboratory scientists and 29 supervisors/managers, with the majority of participants being from New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia.
Results: Significant positive associations were found between satisfaction with career advancement opportunities, workplace culture and maintaining professional skills with the retention of regional, rural and remote pathology workers. Open-ended responses indicated that personal factors also played an important role in pathology worker retention in regional, rural and remote communities.
Conclusion: This study provides important insights into the professional factors that impact the retention of pathology workers in regional, rural and remote Australia. Personal factors were also found to play an important role in retention. These findings have highlighted the need for further research to be conducted to explore the relationship between professional and personal factors and how this impacts the retention of pathology workers in regional, rural and remote Australia.
(© 2024 The Author(s). Australian Journal of Rural Health published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of National Rural Health Alliance Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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