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Global health perspective: Caring for the Aborigine, Chamorro, and Maori
Providing healthcare to Australian Aborigines, Guam’s Chamorros, and New Zealand’s Maori people can be both challenging and rewarding.
Tag: New Zealand
Weathering the COVID-19 crisis in rural NZ
How rural GP clinics in the Far North District prepared to meet a potential influx of COVID-19 patients when the pandemic hit New Zealand.
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.
What it’s like living as a locums in New Zealand
Tips from an expert on how to make a smooth transition to living in New Zealand as a locums physician — either on your own or with a family.
How COVID-19 has changed international locums
For physicians interested in working locum tenens abroad, here’s how COVID-19 has changed the international locums landscape.
International locum tenens 101: A beginner’s guide
This guide for beginners will give you everything you need to know to get started on your first international locum tenens adventure.
Prescribing opioids in other countries
One of the differences locums physicians need to consider is how prescribing practices for opioids differ in other countries.
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.
Why we use locums and how it has made us a better hospital
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board (DHB) has used Global Medical Staffing for hiring international locum tenens to fill its needs for about 20 years.
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.
From Australia to New Zealand: 25 years of Global Medical Staffing
Global Medical staffing is celebrating it’s 25th year in business. Learn about our history of placing doctors in assignments around the globe.
How much locum tenens physicians get paid in other countries
An honest, transparent look at physician pay in other countries, as well as why so many doctors take an assignment in locations around the world.
Work less and enjoy a better work/life balance
If you’re a physician who wants more control over your life and a better work/life balance, consider locum tenens with its greater schedule flexibility.
Physician took a chance and is loving her international locums experience
Infectious disease physician Dr. Dalilah Restrepo shares how she rediscovered her love of medicine with an international locum tenens assignment in New Zealand.
A family adventure: A psychiatrist’s locum tenens experience in New Zealand
Psychiatrist Dr. John Gallehr shares his experiences working locum tenens in New Zealand — what it’s like to work there and how he was able to explore the country with his family.