Healthcare’s workforce crisis continues to be one of the main challenges keeping leaders up at night. Provider organizations across the country are exploring new ways to attract, retain and support staff members, from offering flexible career paths to tackling systemic frustrations.

During a panel this Tuesday at Reuters’ Total Health conference in Chicago, four healthcare leaders discussed the strategies they believe could help fortify the workforce in the long term.

Be flexible

Shawn Martin, CEO of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) , said that his organization recruits medical students into family medicine by encouraging them to envision themselves in the field — without prescribing what their career should look like.

“If you want to answer the call to serve, you

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