Promotion of the Health Care Professions to Rural Secondary Students, 1992-1993

The long term aim of this project was to increase the percentage of rural students applying for health related tertiary courses in Australia, in the hope that they would return to rural areas to work. The survey was conducted on year 10 students in rural Victorian schools in October 1992. Information was collected regarding students' perspective of careers and intended subject choice. Students were then given a promotional booklet and video and surveyed again between June and August 1993. The second and third surveys were designed to measure the effect of the promotional package on students' career and subject choice. The questionnaire contained most of the same questions, so that comparisons could be made, as well as questions directly related to the video and booklet.