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6 docs to follow on Instagram
Following these adventurous physicians’ Instagram accounts can add some excitement to your own Instagram feed.
Category: Physician Stories
From Kenya to New Zealand: Family medicine doc embraces a global mindset
Family medicine physician Dr. Samantha Conroy shares why she enjoys learning new ways of practicing medicine with a global mindset.
Delivering babies all over the world
Being adventurous is part of who Dr. Rachael Consoli is. She has delivered babies on every continent except Antarctica.
What it’s like living as a locums in Guam
Physicians interested in living as a locums in Guam will have a more immersive experience than you ever could as a tourist.
A locum insider’s look: Traveling to New Zealand during COVID
Traveling to New Zealand as a physician for a locum tenens assignment during a global pandemic may be daunting for some but not for this GP.
Life transition brings opportunity in the Virgin Islands
When faced with a life transition, emergency medicine physician Dr. Joseph Leary decided to take a locums assignment in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Why COVID-19 made one doctor decide to stay in New Zealand
When infectious disease physician Dr. Dalilah Restrepo took a year-long assignment in New Zealand, she didn’t expect to stay for a pandemic.
The coronavirus effect: Physician stories from around the world
Several physicians and healthcare professionals from around the world share how coronavirus has affected them both personally and professionally.
What I learned on my international locums assignment
Several physicians share their eye-opening and rewarding experiences working as international locum tenens in a new part of the world.
Practicing medicine after retirement: New experiences, new places, new friends
Dr. Ronald Stiller has been able to continue practicing the medicine he loves but still have the flexibility to see the world. And he’s having a ball!
What we learned fighting COVID-19 in Guam
Drs. Holly and Paul Llobets didn’t anticipate the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in the middle of their first locum tenens assignment to Guam.
Psychiatrist uses locum tenens to help fulfill his mission of serving others
For National Locum Tenens Week (Aug. 10–14, 2020), we’re pleased to honor Dr. Chad Koyanagi for his advocacy efforts to help the homeless in Hawaii. Here’s his story. Not all locum tenens physicians work locums full time; some work occasional locums shifts in order to earn extra money, to travel, or, like Dr. Chad Koyanagi, […]
A locum tenens family adventure in Montana
Occupational medicine urgent care physician Dr. Kay Hooshmand was able to give her family a rewarding experience by working locum tenens in Montana.
Locum tenens allows pediatrician to experience new places
How locum tenens has allowed one pediatrician to see new places and practice medicine in new ways as he transitions into retirement.
Q&A with Dr. Phyllis Dunckel: Her amazing adventures in New Zealand
An in-depth interview with a family medicine physician who has been working locum tenens in New Zealand on her first international assignment.