Living on a sailboat while still practicing medicine didn’t seem like a realistic goal, but then Dr. Robin Mangione was introduced to locum tenens. It not only...
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Dr. Jim Mock was introduced to locum tenens during his residency in 1992, while training to be an emergency room physician. In 2009, he decided to take the...
Dr. Kevin Arnold was enjoying semiretirement, but was presented a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take a locum tenens assignment in Guam. He jumped at the...
Did you know there’s an annual event when Mainers welcome spring by collecting the syrup from their maple trees? And that it’s known as “sugar shack”? Well, Dr...
This is the final essay we are going to share from this year’s Medical Economics essay contest. It comes from locum tenens physician Steven Gordon. “I...
Dr. Daniel Bloch began his medical career in the late 70s, but only began taking locum tenens assignments in the 80s as a bridge between permanent positions...
The next essay from the Medical Economics essay contest we are going to feature comes from Dr. Jana Burson from North Carolina. Every Sunday evening, a blanket...
“The best thing that I have ever done!” So says Dr. Pamela Ross, MD, FACEP, FAAP, about starting her locum tenens practice. The idea of a locums practice...
Each year Medical Economics holds a physician writing contest where it asks physicians to write a short essay on a particular topic. This year’s topic was “How...
Dr. Ripal Patel, MD, M.P.H. nods with an understanding smile when fellow ER physicians chronicle the trials of their full-time positions. Working days they...