Medical missions. Homeschooling. Traveling the world. Finding your Zen. Working locum tenens has made all of this possible for these four physicians, all while...
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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...
Right out of residency, emergency medicine physician Dr. Ali Chaudhary took a position at one of the top surgical centers in the nation. Two years later...
Dr. Peter Kim was hit like a ton of bricks when a workaholic friend passed away from cancer. “He was an oncologist, and was involved in a lot of research and...
Dr. Tammy Allen is passionate about travel. And she’s passionate about being a locum tenens physician. Having worked locum tenens full time for 11 years –...
As a neurosurgeon, Dr. William Meyer thrives on what he calls fixing his patients; relishing the ability to watch their progress from neurologic injury with a...
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...
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. Thomas O’Mara’s journey to medicine started off with a love of science. In high school, he had a science teacher who had the students do research projects...