A Wisconsin group has launched an aggressive physician recruitment campaign geared at alleviating a shortage by attracting new physicians and drawing practicing physicians in other states back to the Badger State.
At the forefront of the recruitment effort is a new Web site, www.wisconsinphysiciancareers.org, which gives physicians a single source for browsing career opportunities in Wisconsin’s hospitals, clinics and in academic medicine. The Web site is exclusive to Wisconsin, and it lists only physician career opportunities. The site is supported by the Wisconsin Council for Medical Education and Workforce and was developed for them by the Wisconsin Hospital Association.
Wisconsin hospitals, clinics and academic medical centers have already posted over 500 positions for physicians to the Web site that opened today to job candidates. The sheer number of positions that are now vacant indicates that the demand for physicians is threatening to outstrip supply in almost all parts of the state.
