Recruitment Services
The Bureau of Primaru Care and Rural Health's Recruitment and Retention Unit offers a number of services through the Bureau of Primary Care and Rural Health aimed at helping communities recruit and retain primary care health professionals to serve the medically underserved areas in Louisiana. This Unit also serves as the State Office of Primary Care and works closely with the Louisiana Primary Care Association -- a Louisiana trade association for federally qualified health centers. Along with programs offering state and federal loan repayment and tax incentives to doctors, nurses and other health professionals, the services of professional recruiters are available, free of charge, through Med Job Louisiana -- a state funded porfessional recruitment program. Additionally, the Bureau also offers assistance to communities interested in hiring a foreign medical graduate through the J-1 Visa Waiver Program. Click the links below to learn more about the Bureau's recruitment services.
Federally Qualified Health Centers
J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Greater New Orleans Health Service Corps
Health Professional Shortage Areas
State Loan Repayment Program
Federal Nursing Education Loan Repayment
National Health Service Corps
Med Job Louisiana
Medical Job Fair of Louisiana
LA Tax Credit for Physicians and Dentists
Federal Faculty Loan Repayment Program
Funding and Support
The Recruitment and Retention Services Unit is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Primary Care and Bureau of Health Professions to promote federal, state, local and private collaboration in expanding comprehensive, culturally competent, community-based primary health care services for medically underserved populations.
Contact Information
For more information about the Bureau's Recruitment and Retention Services, contact Dorie Tschudy by phone at (225) 342-1583 or by e-mail at dorie.tschudy@la.gov.
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