HeyJaredThe Locumstory Podcast | Locum Tenens Insights from Real-Life Physicians, PAs, and NPs
At Locumstory we share the stories of locums. What's a locum? Locum tenens are physicians, PAs, and NPs that work temporary jobs around the country and the world.
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Ep. 88: From the open road to putting down roots with the Nomadic Pediatrician, Dr. Trevor Cabrera (opens the original)
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Dr. Trevor Cabrera , the self-described Nomadic Pediatrician, first joined us on Episode 4 as a new resident who chose locum tenens as his very first job. Six years later he's back at a pivotal moment, having used locums strategically at two big transitions, straight out of residency and again after his neonatology fellowship, and now stepping into a permanent role. In this episode, Dr. Cabrera talks about how locums helped him pay off his student debt in three years, why that freedom reshaped h
Ep. 87: What the locums market really looks like for medical oncologists and hematologists with Barbie Matroni (opens the original)
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Barbie Matroni , a consultant at Weatherby Healthcare who has spent twelve years working exclusively in the oncology and hematology space, says demand has never been higher. In this episode, she joins us to break down what the oncology locums market actually looks like: why demand has surged since 2020, how continuity of care and flexible schedules coexist, where the need is greatest, and the common questions and misconceptions she hears from physicians. She also shares what separates the oncolo
Ep. 86: Topic: Locums, mission work, and a life of service: Dr. Lynn Smith’s journey (opens the original)
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Dr. Lynn Smith is a family medicine and urgent care physician whose career has taken him from a 23-year practice in rural Arizona to locum tenens assignments on the Navajo reservation, in Wisconsin, and abroad in New Zealand. Today he practices primarily through medical mission work, serving communities in Honduras, Thailand, Guatemala, Peru, and beyond with organizations like the CHG Healthcare Foundation and International Medical Relief. In this episode, Dr. Smith joins us to share the stories
Ep. 85: Nearly a decade of full-time locum tenens with hospitalist Dr. Faullin Paletsky (opens the original)
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Dr. Faullin Paletsky has spent nearly a decade as a full-time locum tenens hospitalist. A night-shift nocturnist who gravitates toward critical access hospitals and has practiced all over the country, he brings a procedural skill set most hospitalists don't like intubations, ventilator management, and central lines. In this episode, Dr. Paletsky joins us to talk about why he chose locums over a permanent job, how he picks assignments and vets locums agencies, life on the road with his wife and t
Ep. 84: A nomadic locum tenens career across more than a dozen states with Dr. Amy Sprague (opens the original)
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Board-certified nephrologist and hospitalist Dr. Amy Sprague joins us to share the wisdom of a career spanning nearly four decades. After completing her internal medicine residency at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu and spending some 30 years in private practice, Dr. Sprague turned to locum tenens around the start of COVID and never looked back. In this episode, Dr. Sprague reflects on the remarkable change she's witnessed in medicine and how her military roots prepared her for the adapt
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