Doctor Shadowing Opportunities | 4 Tips for Pre-Med Students
People don’t just happen to end up working as physicians — it takes an enormous amount of handwork and dedication. Certainly, it doesn’t happen overnight… Even for you nocturnists out there! Seriously though, those who make it through medical school did so because they truly wanted to become doctors. Still, that doesn’t mean they made that decision their first day on the job. Instead, most found doctor shadowing opportunities which...
Highest Paying Jobs in Healthcare
Is it a coincidence that the color green is not only the color of money, but it’s also one of the primary colors in our LocumJobsOnline.com logo? Okay, it probably is, but let’s get to my point. With the price of education (especially healthcare education) continuing to rise each year, it’s no surprise that many students are looking at school as an investment. You’ll be putting a lot of time and money into your education, so it’s...
Patient-Centered Learning vs. Institutional-Centered Learning
As modern medicine continues to advance, it’s important that medical education correlates. The traditional approach to medical school was institutional centered learning, but more schools are making the transition to patient-centered learning programs. There are currently many gaps in the healthcare system, for example treating transgender patients, patients with disabilities, and forming doctor-patient relationships. Could medical...
11-Year-Old College Graduate Dreams of Becoming a Doctor
When I think back to what I was doing at age 11, it was really nothing really to alert the media about. I was not quite at my awkward “braces & Catcher in the Rye” middle school phase yet (thankfully), I clearly had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, still was basically thriving on a diet of chicken nuggets and Kraft mac & cheese, and stressed beyond reason with my 6th grade Pre-Algebra class. College was...
20 Best Physician Assistant Programs in 2015
Although physician assistants have a lot of the same tasks as a regular doctor, they still are required to work under supervision. They also take a few years less studying, way less residency time, and lack certain medical freedoms (like prescribing medicine or delivering babies) depending on the policies of particular states. For many people seeking a medical career, they find that becoming a physician assistant is a better path for...
Some Physicians Don’t Know How to Treat Patients with Disabilities
Less than 20% of medical schools specialize in teaching students how to talk with disabled patients about their needs. However, nearly 20% of Americans are physically or mentally disabled. Particularly in locum positions where healthcare professionals are always thrown in new environments with every assignment, should we be more equipped with knowledge of handling the special needs of our patients? One issue our society has is that...