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dc.contributor.authorLalloo, Ratilal
dc.contributor.authorMassey, Ward
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:32:13Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:32:13Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.modified2014-01-09T22:49:05Z
dc.identifier.issn1038-5282
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ajr.12027
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/55434
dc.description.abstractIntroduction Student clinical placements away from the university dental school clinics are an integral component of dental training programs. In 2009, the School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Griffith University, commenced a clinical placement in a remote rural community in Australia. This paper presents a simple cost analysis of the project from mid-2008 to mid-2011. Methods All expenditures of the project are audited by the Financial and Planning Services unit of the university. The budget was divided into capital and operational costs, and the latter were further subdivided into salary and non-salary costs, and these were further analysed for the various types of expenditures incurred. The value of the treatments provided and income generated is also presented. Results Remote rural placements have additional (to the usual university dental clinic) costs in terms of salary incentives, travel, accommodation and subsistence support. However, the benefits of the placement to both the students and the local community might outweigh the additional costs of the placement. Conclusions and implications Because of high costs of rural student clinical placements, the financial support of partners, including the local Shire Council, state/territory and Commonwealth governments, is crucial in the establishment and ongoing sustainability of rural dental student clinical placements.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom158
dc.relation.ispartofpageto162
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Journal of Rural Health
dc.relation.ispartofvolume21
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchDentistry not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode320399
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode44
dc.titleSimple cost analysis of a rural dental training facility in Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Dentistry and Oral Health
gro.date.issued2013
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorLalloo, Ratilal
gro.griffith.authorMassey, Ward


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