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How to have an enriching medical mission experience
A medical mission can help you rediscover your love of medicine and focus on what’s really important. Here’s how to have a great medical mission experience.
Category: Career Tips
How to be a doctor abroad: Take an international sabbatical
Physicians have a variety of options to work as a doctor in another country. Here are eight ways a physician can make a living outside the U.S.
The 14 best podcasts and blogs for locums doctors
Are you a locum tenens seeking healthcare news, travel tips, or financial strategies? Here are 14 podcasts and blogs for locum physicians.
Work less and enjoy a better physician work/life balance
If you’re a physician who wants a better work/life balance, consider locum tenens with its greater schedule flexibility.
How to take an international sabbatical from your practice
If you’re struggling with exhaustion or burnout, a physician sabbatical can help you recharge and revitalize your career in medicine.
6 docs to follow on Instagram
Following these adventurous physicians’ Instagram accounts can add some excitement to your own Instagram feed.
How COVID-19 has impacted physician employment
A survey of more than 1,200 providers found that COVID-19 has had a major impact on physician employment both in the U.S. and abroad.
What to do with your home when you leave on assignment
Several physicians share their insights and tips on what to do with your house while you are away on a locum tenens assignment.
Back to the basics of medicine with locum tenens
Five doctors say locum tenens allows them to get back to the basics of medicine, with less time on paperwork and more with patients.
How to get references for locums credentialing
Locum tenens physicians must meet specific reference requirements. Building your network will help make credentialing go as smoothly as possible.
Using locums to transition into retirement
Back in 1958 Dr. William (Wim) LeMaire went to Africa on his first overseas medical adventure right after his medical training. That job forever lit a passion for international adventures where he could practice medicine and live like a local for months or years at a time. In addition to Africa, over the years, he […]
Did you know: You get generous amounts of PTO during international locums
Learn to scuba dive, taste the best food in Tokyo, explore the world’s most famous glowworm caves… It sounds like a trip of the lifetime, doesn’t it? These are how many physicians adventure while on an international locum tenens assignment. When you take on an assignment in an international location, you not only get immersed […]
New Year’s resolutions for physicians
It's that time of the year for New Year's resolutions. Popular resolutions among physicians are to spend more time with family, work less, give back to the community, save more money and eat more healthfully. Luckily, locum tenens can help physicians achieve all these New Year's resolutions and more.
Mental health and doctors — what a recent survey shows
Physician burnout is high, making major headlines around the world, and suicide among physicians is two times that of the general population. Yet, even though more than half of physicians said in a recent study by locumstory.com that their workload has negatively hurt their mental health, only 17 percent have sought help. The locumstory.com study, which surveyed more than 3,700 physicians in nearly every specialty, work setting, and region of the country, did have positive news.
6 ways physicians can reduce burnout
Knowing that physician burnout has increased significantly, locumstory.com recently conducted a survey of more than 3,700 physicians across specialties, work settings, and U.S. regions to better understand physicians’ perspectives about their professions. Among the findings: 52% of surveyed physicians reported feeling burned out. 74% of physicians reported frequently seeing symptoms of burnout in other physicians. […]