Want to practice medicine in Australia? Three doctors fill us in on work, play, and the locum tenens lifestyle.

There’s no doubt about it… Australia is, in a word, vast. Now, when we say vast” we mean it. No single word in the English language is more appropriate in encapsulating the true essence of Australia. This country contains, in elegant manner, a multitude of cultures, cuisines, dialects, landscapes, oceanscapes and cityscapes all within its […]

Doc Abbott rides again, part 2

William Richard “Rick” Abbott, MD, is an ER doctor who loves a challenge. He met his wife, Jean, on his first day of medical school‚Äîwhen he was assigned to a cadaver with her‚Äîand 42 years later they’re still colleagues, friends and lovers (TMI?). He’s a clinical professor at the University of Colorado where, if our […]

Doc” Rick Abbott rides again (part 1)”

William Richard “Rick” Abbott, MD, is an ER doctor who loves a challenge. He met his wife, Jean, on his first day of medical school‚Äîwhen he was assigned to a cadaver with her‚Äîand 42 years later they’re still colleagues, friends and lovers (TMI?). He’s a clinical professor at the University of Colorado where, if our […]