For Communities

• Ontario Medical Association Physician Human Resources (PHR) Planning Toolkit/Checklist & Practical Considerations with accompanying Infographic
• Ontario Hospital Association Professional Staff Credentialing Toolkit– Chapter 4 contains information on Planning and Recruitment

• An international framework. The Making it Work: Framework for Rural Remote Workforce Stability describes the necessary elements of a strategy to ensure the recruitment and retention of the right professionals to provide needed services in rural and remote locations. View the website or download a brief overview or full framework description
• The Rural Health Service Decision Guide is a 5-step, systematic process to making objective, evidence-based decisions for sustainably delivering health services to rural populations.
• Healthcare Excellence Canada hosts several tools for Promising Practices for Retaining the Healthcare Workforce in Northern, Rural, and Remote Communities
• Attract Connect Stay is an innovative, community-led solution that supports communities in rural areas with physician workforce challenges. It is running with success in Australia, but was conceived based on work that was initiated in Marathon, Ontario.

The HFO recruitment essentials toolkit is available here:

https://www.healthforceontario.ca/en/Home/All_Programs/Physician_Recruitment_for_Communities/Recruitment_Essentials

The Community site visit program

There is funding available to bring physicians and their spouse/partner/family to visit a community to which they may be considering relocation. For more information, check out the program information here: https://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/programs/northernhealth/cav.aspx

Recruiting new grads to rural practice

If you are interested in recruiting new grads, there are some things that may be helpful for you to know as a recruiter, and as a physician in practice. A CMAJ article with research findings is here: https://www.cmajopen.ca/content/11/5/E948/tab-article-info and some infographics to summarize the findings are linked here: Medical students and residents, Physicians, Recruiters

For 2024, jobconnect.health – a nationwide health care workforce job posting site – is offering free job advertising for positions at health care organizations in Northern Ontario. Create your account, message support@jobconnect.health, and your account will be set to free and unlimited job posts for the rest of the year.