“You get exposed to a wider range of things and it can be challenging but very exciting at the same time”: enablers of and barriers to transition to rural practice by allied health professionals in Australia

Table 2 Overview of AHPs

	Number of AHPs
Allied Health Disciplines
Dietetics	1
Occupational Therapy	1
Pharmacy	1
Physiotherapy	3
Podiatry	3
Psychology	1
Social work	3
Speech Pathology	3
Organisations
Public sector only	12
NGO^a	2
Mixed (public and private sectors)	2
Locations (by regions)
Eyre Peninsula	7
Far North	2
Limestone Coast	3
Murray Mallee	1
Yorke and Mid North	3
Exposure to Transition Programs
RHPP^a only	3
TPPP^a only	8
RHPP and TPPP	5
Length of time in Rural Practice
One year or less	4
More than 1 year	8
More than 2 years	2
Three years and more	2
Age Groups
20–30 years	11
30+ years	1
Previous Rural Placements
Yes	8
No	8
Rural Background/Living Experience
Yes	10
No	5
Yes, but outside Australia	1

^aNGO – non-government organisation; RHPP – Rural Health Professionals Program; TPPP – Transition to Rural Practice Program;

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