Full-time locum tenens physician Dr. Rip Patel enjoys the ability to tell his patients that he works for no one except for them.
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A tenured, top urologist and clinical professor retired from his full-time practice to pursue two passions: sociology and medicine as a locum tenens urologist.
An emergency medicine physician shares how the diversity of experiences a locums career offered enriched both his life and his medical career.
Dr. Blaine Cashmore takes locum tenens assignments while working a full-time job as a way to keep his skills sharp and supplement his income.
Locum tenens gives physicians many things: work/life balance, fewer administrative hassles, extra income, professional independence, and the freedom and...
Most of us at the age of eight were convinced we would be astronauts, or rocket scientists, or be a world-famous singer. Then as we grew up, it became apparent...
Medical missions. Homeschooling. Traveling the world. Finding your Zen. Working locum tenens has made all of this possible for these four physicians, all while...
Island life suits Dr. Marye Lois McCroskey. But she only found tropical climates best suited her later in life. She began her training to become a family...
Locum tenens wasn’t as widely known in 1982, but neuro-hospitalist Dr. Andrew Wilner found himself working locums following a demanding residency program...
The numbers are concerning: in a recent physician workload survey by locumstory.com, more than half of the physicians surveyed revealed they are considering...