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Table 5 Tools related to workforce

From: Tools, frameworks and resources to guide global action on strengthening rural health systems: a mapping review

Health professional

Number of tools

%

Doctor

12

30

Nurse

10

25

Rural healthcare workers

3

7

Non- physician clinicians (NPCs)

3

7

Allied health professionals

2

5

Surgeons

2

5

Paediatricians

1

2

Counsellors

1

2

Health manager

1

2

Medical students

1

2

Nutrition professionals

1

2

Paramedic

1

2

Social worker

1

2

Rural private therapists

1

2

Community healthcare worker

1

2

Acute Care Providers (community—layperson)

1

2

Total

42a

100

  1. aThere are two tools that were developed for two health professionals [73, 74]
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