Category: Recruitment & Volunteers

As the pandemic continues, there is a strong need for organized aid from volunteers, med students, retired physicians, and more to fill the gaps in the workforce.

Hospitals continue to add more jobs after several major subsystems furloughed and laid off workers at the onset of the pandemic in March.

Even travel nurses, used to high-stakes medical environments and changing their lives overnight, weren't expecting how dramatically things would shift once the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

The pandemic has made it challenging for medical institutions to plan ahead. Here's how hospitals and practices can identify future staffing needs and develop a roadmap for the year ahead.

Applications to medical schools are up sharply compared to this time last year, with the pandemic being the major reason for the spike.

New rules announced by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have plunged the future of many medical and doctoral students from abroad into uncertainty.

In less than two months, medical schools across the nation will find themselves in a virtual world.

Listen to this interview with Dr. Erin Fraher on opportunities for expanding health workforce capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is the second round of funding for this initiative. The first round was limited to Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Psychiatry. This round also includes General Surgery, Preventive Medicine, and Obstetrics & Gynecology.

On May 5, Governor Cuomo issued an Executive Order extending the authority for out-of-state licensed professionals to continue to practice in New York through June 4, 2020.