August 2009

How to Compete for Primary Care Physicians

By Regina Levison – President, Levison Search Associates
and Kathy Jordan – President, Jordan Medical Consultants

When you work in the healthcare industry, you see articles on the physician shortage nearly every day. Some articles analyze the maldistribution of primary care physicians, some promote the need to establish more training programs, and others try to predict how a national health program will impact the shortage. Read more...

Top 10 Tips for Maximizing Candidate Telephone Interviews

By Julie Sherriff – President, Sherriff & Associates

After receiving curriculum vitae or resumé responses to an open position and selecting your top candidates, the next step is to conduct telephone interviews. Here are 10 tips for maximizing telephone interviews: Read more...

Nurse Practitioners Help Relieve Primary Care Shortage

By Karen Zeller – President, Rocky Mountain Medical Search

Meeting the demands for clinical services where they are needed most – in primary care – is increasingly falling to nurse practitioners. According to the American Association of Nursing, 60–80% of primary care can be performed by nurse practitioners. Read more...

Locum Tenens Corner: Family Medicine

By Joan Pearson – President, Catalina Medical Recruiters

There are over 100,000 family medicine physicians in the United States. Even though that seems like a large number, we continue to hear of the physician shortage. Read more...

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