Only one included study described technology-based teaching in a rural or remote clinical education setting, leaving rural implications unclear¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Of 48 included studies, only one described a rural or remote clinical education setting, and it was of lower quality. → Bower K 2026

Evidence¶

Bower K 2026¶

Bower K, Scrivener K, Larkins S, Seaton C, Carlisle K. (2026). Technology-based teaching to support health students’ clinical skills in stroke recovery: a scoping review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-08709-7

q3 · i? · review · r2

Descriptive synthesis across the 48 included studies in this scoping review; it reports "Only one paper described a rural or remote clinical education setting". The review concludes implications for rural student clinical placements are unclear.

"Thirty-seven studies were conducted in metropolitan settings, although two of these discussed how learnings could be applied in a rural setting. Only one paper described a rural or remote clinical education setting [31]."

Discussion¶

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