Alberta Physician Recruiting 101

General Physician Recruiting Sources

A comprehensive list of physician recruiting resources to help you find doctors for free or for a fee across the province of Alberta. This repository of resources provides you many platforms to post your clinic opportunities and secure physician talent.
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AMA Physician Locum Services (PLS)

Utilize this job board to find general practitioner and specialist locum physicians or list more general employment opportunities.

• Must be a member to add a new listing

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Alberta Doctors Digest (ADD)

Place a display or classified ad in AMA’s digital magazine and/or MD Scope published six times annually and bimonthly, respectively. Ads appear in the current issue and all back issues for two months.

• Classified ads: $85+ per ad
• Digital ads: prices vary (see chart)

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University of Calgary

Department of Family Medicine - Post Community Practice Opportunities outside of AHS facilities.

• Ads are generally posted for 6 months or until you fill the recruitment need, whichever is shorter.

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University of Alberta

Post ads and jobs through the Family Medicine Residents Association (FMRA)

• A one-time charge of $150
• Must be approved by the FMRA (fmrachief@gmail.com)

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Primary Care Networks (PCNs)

PCN job boards function to attract family physicians to clinics in a specific region to help meet demand. The Calgary Foothills page is a prime example of this.

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Facebook Groups

Join physician Facebook groups to interact directly with doctors and post jobs.
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The First Five Years in Family Practice - Alberta

Post your locum opportunity to a very targeted audience via this private, closed group for early-career family physicians throughout the province.

• FREE
• 1,300 members

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Family Physician Job Opportunities - Alberta

This private group was created to post job opportunities for family physicians in Alberta or for physicians seeking opportunities to promote themselves to available positions.

• FREE
• 700 members

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Rural Placement Recruiting

Find physicians to fill rural placements across the province through the recruiting sources below.

AMA Rural Locum Program

Request a locum physician through the AMA PLS for coverage in communities with limited physicians.​

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Rural Medicine Locum Program - Calgary Zone

Separate from the AMA PLS Program, this program supports locum coverage for our rural family physicians in the communities of the Calgary Zone.​

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Practice Readiness Assessment

Submit a request to AHS to Sponsor a Physician Position for Practice Readiness Assessment.

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Rural Community Attraction & Retention Program

Rural Health Professions Action Plan offers rural Alberta communities resources to support the attraction and retention of health-care providers to their area.​

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