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Table 2 Themes and subthemes

From: Factors associated with the attraction and retention of family and community medicine and nursing residents in rural settings: a qualitative study

Theme

subtheme

Factors related to the training programme

Individualised training

Mentoring process

Shifts and on-call duty

Factors related to the characteristics of the family and community specialty

Previous training

Disrepute of family doctors

Generalist specialty, independence and longitudinality

Doctor‒nurse/patient relationship

Patient-centred model

Teamwork

Bureaucracy

Short patient time

Factors related to the concept of rural life

Adaptation into the community

Rural lifestyle

Family and relational factors

Family ties

Having a partner

Economic and resource factors

Economic incentives

Cost of living

Factors related to recruitment and job opportunities.

Types of contracts

Nursing specialty and loss of talent and demotivation

specific pool of specialists