For immediate release: Oct. 29, 2008
Contact: Anne McMillin, APR
Health Science Communications
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School of Medicine's rural recruitment fair targets healthcare professionals, students to address shortages in rural Nevada
Fair set for November 12 at Sunset Station
LAS VEGAS, Nev.— Healthcare professionals and students interested in learning more about opportunities in rural healthcare should plan on attending the University of Nevada School of Medicine’s “Rural Nevada Opportunities” Health Workforce Recruitment Fair on Wednesday, November 12 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Club Madrid in the Sunset Station Hotel and Casino in Henderson.
Healthcare professional students and resident physicians may be particularly interested to learn more about the student loan forgiveness programs associated with career opportunities in Nevada’s rural settings.
Statistics show that rural America, and Nevada in particular, is facing a looming crisis when it comes to the availability of, and access to, medical professionals at all levels as the baby boomer generation ages and retirees settle here.
Sponsored by the school’s Office of Rural Health, the fair will feature healthcare administrators from across the state who will be available to answer questions on life in rural Nevada, discuss compensation and benefits packages and answer questions for health professional students considering establishing careers in Nevada. The recruitment fair is open to all healthcare professionals, students and resident physicians.
For more information on the fair or to reserve free booth space as a rural healthcare provider, contact the Office of Rural Health at (775)738-3828.
As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been a leader in healthcare, medical education and research in Nevada since 1969. The School of Medicine includes 16 clinical departments including family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, surgery, and psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and five nationally recognized departments in basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. The more than 185 doctors of University Health System, the school’s clinical practice, offer care in more than 40 medical specialties and subspecialties with eight physician offices in the Reno/Sparks area and seven in Las Vegas. The school is committed to a best practices approach to medicine and is dedicated to exceptional healthcare for Nevada now and in the future. For more information visit www.medicine.nevada.edu.