Just like you have a structure to your physician search, job-seeking residents, fellows and advanced practice providers are best served by developing a plan or strategy to guide them through the steps of their job search. One way they can do that is through the publication First Practice, The Resident and Fellow Career Guide, which proposes a 10-step timeline to help candidates form that strategy – and better connect with you.

Heart disease is responsible for 1 in 4 deaths in the United States, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, it’s the leading cause of death nationwide, so it may not come as a surprise that cardiologists are among the most in-demand specialties to recruit. Regardless, the work done by the fist-sized organ in our chests does not limit itself to just one specialty (there’s a reason the stethoscope is one of the first instruments physicians have in-hand when seeing a patient). All our functions, and therefore all specialties, are affected to some degree by the heart’s performance.

MultiCare Health System
Location: Washington state
Size of organization: 8 hospitals + about 150 point-of-care locations
PracticeLink Product: PracticeLink Recruitment Management System (RMS) and PowerPack
Savings: over $200,000

Mike Peterson leads a team of 10 in-house recruiters at MultiCare Health System, a not-for-profit healthcare organization that serves a large area in upstate Washington. With eight hospitals and more than 150 other point of care locations to staff physicians and advanced practice providers, the recruitment team at MultiCare has their work cut out for them.

According to a study by the Association of American Medical Colleges, an alarming shortage of 40,800 to 104,900 physicians is predicted in the United States by 2030. The reason? The number of new primary care physicians and specialists can’t keep up with the demands of a growing and aging population, or the high rate of retirement among more practiced physicians.