Don’t Hang Up Your Stethoscope: Jobs for Retired Physicians
Retirement for many means the blissful end to a long and dreadful job. However, for doctors, leaving behind a fulfilling, heroic, life-saving career can sometimes leave you feeling empty. If you are not quite ready to permanently hang up your white coat and stethoscope, you may want to consider trying out a locum tenens position. Having more freedom in your career, alleviating the physician shortage, and reentering the practice makes...
Physician-Assisted Suicide: Dying with Dignity
Keeping people healthy and preventing pain is foundational in healthcare but what does that mean in the case of immense irreversible suffering? Is it ethical for a doctor, to be life’s final steward? What’s the case for Physician-Assisted Suicide? Physician-Assisted Suicide Debate in 5 Minutes For the terminally ill does there come a time that choosing to leave this life becomes appropriate? Unfortunately, if you’re not on...
Locum Tenens and COVID-19 | What Do You Need to Know?
We know that these are challenging and unsettling times. We are all in uncharted territory, especially those of you who are working on the front lines in healthcare. As a locum tenens physician, you probably have a lot of questions surrounding how this crisis is going to affect your current and upcoming contracts. Here is a breakdown of some questions about locum tenens and COVID-19, and the best answers we can give you at the moment....
Burnt out? Here Are 10 Alternative Jobs for Physicians
Tom, shortly into his career as a locum tenens physician, is realizing he’s in the wrong field. It was always his dream to work as a doctor, but lately he’s done some soul searching. He realizes now that he’s working day in and day out, his heart isn’t it. Sheryl, on the other hand, has practiced medicine for many years. She’s exhausted with the strenuous requirements of large health system policies. She’s burnt out from years of...
Student Loan Repayment Tips for New Doctors
According to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), about 81% of medical school grads are walking away with an average medical school debt of $183,000. Because of the high incomes physicians make, many people (new medical school graduates included) think that their loan repayment is something they can easily handle. Medical student loan repayment is something that haunts many recent graduates and compounds the stress...
An Easy Guide to Your Medical License Renewal
It’s probably the most important document in your healthcare career – your medical license. Without one, you won’t be able to legally practice medicine, and with an expired one, you’re liable to some serious offenses. When we say “renewing your license,” you might have flashbacks to sitting in the DMV. Luckily, you won’t need to take a ticket, sit in an uncomfortable chair, or wait in an endless line. Fortunately for you, you can take...