The emotional despair of physicians as a whole is at an all-time high. The workplace stressors experienced by physicians because of the COVID pandemic have revealed the toxic nature of the medical establishment in the United States. What...
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The emotional despair of physicians as a whole is at an all-time high. The workplace stressors experienced by physicians as a result of the COVID pandemic have revealed the toxic nature of the medical establishment in the United States. What...
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Emotional despair amongst physicians is at an all-time high. What physicians have experienced as a result of the COVID pandemic and the resulting clinical and workplace stresses brought about has been called many things from burn-out to moral...
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The year 2020 has been a year of immense changes due to the COVID pandemic. The COVID pandemic has wrought havoc not only to the health care industry, but to the locums industry. When elective cases were cancelled in March 2020 due to the...
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Getting a medical license is the rate limiting step when obtaining a new job. Therefore, it is imperative that you have multiple active licenses. Here are the four states where every physician must get a medical license: Your current...
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Many physicians are reluctant to do locums due to various issues that have. However, don’t let these issues deter you from doing locums. Family/Childcare Issues. This seems to be the number one issue for women physicians. What do they do about...
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Making the transition from an employed physician to a locums physician, a “doc-for-hire,” requires a bit of a psychological adjustment. Throughout our training in medical school, residency, and fellowship, we are encouraged to go into traditional...
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The easiest and most effective way to find locums assignments is to work with a locums company. Because the demand for locum physicians has skyrocketed over the last few years, the number of locums companies has increased to meet this demand...
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Making the decision to start doing locums work is very exciting and scary at the same time. It is time of transition that can be filled with uncertainty and doubt, especially when it is taking more time to find locums work than you initially...
Learn more Learn more Traditionally, the practice of medicine has been characterized by solo physicians or at the smallest groups of physicians. Throughout the course of the day, many physicians work independently with no oversight and very little collaboration with...
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Often there is a transition period between the time we leave one job and start another. There may be a period of time between the end date of one job and the start date of another job. This may be from a few weeks to a few months depending on...
Learn more Learn moreOne of the most stressful and anxiety provoking decisions a physician can make is deciding when to leave a job. Because obtaining a job as a physician is a complicated and time-consuming process, the decision to leave a job is always a...
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