Work-life balance and the locum tenens lifestyle
For many doctors, locum tenens assignments enable a work-life balance between practicing medicine and a variety of personal pursuits.
For many doctors, locum tenens assignments enable a work-life balance between practicing medicine and a variety of personal pursuits.
The cloud provides opportunities for traveling professionals, but it's important to protect yourself and your patients' information when online.
Giving bad news is one of the more challenging aspects of providing healthcare. While unavoidable, delivering unfortunate news is a skill that can be developed to best help the patient.
Mastering basic computer skills and becoming familiar with the most common EMR systems will allow locum tenens doctors to quickly adapt on new assignments.
Locum tenens veterans will have developed their own methods for navigating the challenges of air travel. If you're just starting out, here are seven tips and tricks to make the best of overnight flights.
Paperwork is a challenge for any physician, and locum tenens doctors are expected to produce. The Pomodoro Technique is a time management system that will help extract maximum production from your time.
An interview in the Physicians News Network, a Los Angeles medical economics publication, captured the advantages and challenges of one doctor's early locum tenens experience.
It's important to keep track of expenses on the road. But it's not always easy. Mobile receipt tracking applications can help.
Use note taking applications to keep ideas, lists and tasks organized and available on any device.
3-D medical modeling applications are a powerful tool that help patients understand what is happening with their bodies.
Knowing what to wear and how to layer gear for various weather conditions will help you get the most from your locum tenens lifestyle.
There's an ongoing discussion in the medical community about work-life balance, and locum tenens may play a part in the solution.
The Quantified Self movement is empowering patients to become active participants in tracking and controlling what's going on in their lives.
Hospital and clinic managers need contingency plans in place to maintain patient services when a doctor leaves abruptly.
You're immersed in your work when the ping of email alerts you to a message from a patient.