Locums Life Lessons: Your Guide to Surviving and Thriving as a Locums Doc

By Dr. Stephanie Freeman

Burnout among physicians is at an all-time high. Long hours, extended time away from family, decreasing reimbursements, and lack of professional support have many physicians looking at career alternatives. In Locums Life Lessons: Words of Wisdom from a Lifelong Locums Doc, Dr. Stephanie E. Freeman reveals how working

• Language: English
• Publisher: Purposely Created Publishing Group
• Release date: Feb 4, 2020
• ISBN: 9781644841785

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LOCUMS LIFE LESSONS

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Copyright © 2020 Stephanie E. Freeman

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Table of Contents

Introduction

CHAPTER 1

Thinking About Quitting Medicine? Don’t!

CHAPTER 2

Overcoming Limiting Beliefs

CHAPTER 3

Seven Things to Consider Before Working as a Locums

CHAPTER 4

Dealing with Uncertainty as a Locums Physician

CHAPTER 5

Four Common Myths and Misconceptions

CHAPTER 6

The Top Three Barriers to Doing Locums and How to Overcome Them

CHAPTER 7

Rookie Mistakes: The Top Mistakes New Locums Doctors Make and How to Avoid Them

CHAPTER 8

Finding Locums Work: Using a Locums Company vs Doing It Yourself

CHAPTER 9

Five Strategies for Effectively Working with Physician Recruiters

CHAPTER 10

Five Ways to Elevate Your Locums Game

CHAPTER 11

Dealing with Rejection as a Locums Doctor

CHAPTER 12

Five Reasons Every Physician Needs a Tribe

Conclusion

About the Author

Introduction

As the old saying goes, Experience is the best teacher. However, in many situations, we don’t have the time to wait for experience to teach us something. While we are waiting to be taught, we are missing out on the benefits of the lesson. Throughout my decades long experience as a locums physician, there are many things about working as a locums doc that I had to learn the hard way. I had to endure many painful lessons. I wrote this book, a collection of essays, to share these lessons. Designed to be