My essay,” On the importance of role models: The views of a senior surgeon,” appeared in the February 2010 edition of the Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. Two stories inspired me to write it—one about an “eternal fellow” who found outstanding role models who helped him fulfill his dreams and become an excellent surgeon, and the other told by the daughter of a close friend and colleague who rejected the possibility of a surgical career on the first day of her first clinical rotation. In one day she concluded that surgeons were not the kind of people she wanted to work with every day.
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Topics: Stories From VISTA Physicians
In addition to his medical career and his accomplishments as a mountaineer, skier, scuba diver, windsurfer, sailor, rock climber, and world traveler, Bruce McDonald is a photographer. He sent VISTA these photos from a recent assignment in Shiprock, NM. This is definitely a situation in which pictures speak louder than words.
Topics: Stories From VISTA Physicians
We are seeing an increase in the number of states that require FBI and state criminal background checks.This usually includes getting fingerprinted, which can take six to eight weeks.When you are working with a scheduler and considering locum tenens positions, please keep this in mind.
Topics: Licensing & Credentialing
Today is the tenth anniversary of my first locum tenens assignment with VISTA, in Commerce City, Colorado.
Topics: Stories From VISTA Physicians
Welcome to the crazy time of year! Every year at this time VISTA Staffing Solutions sponsors a Holiday Health Drive to help keep our employees moving, eating as healthfully as possible, and managing their stress so they can provide great service to the physicians and healthcare organizations that rely on us. We award points for exercising, volunteering in the community, quitting smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, bringing a healthy treat to the office instead of cookies, achieving their work goals (the best way to beat stress) and more. Everyone gets into the special “VISTA spirit,” celebrates our successes, and wins prizes.
A VISTA medical director and two locum tenens physicians featured in Minnesota Physician
Therus Kolff, MD, MPH, one of VISTA’s medical directors, penned the cover story for the March issue of Minnesota Physician. The article explains the nuts and bolts of locum tenens work and features two physicians who work locum tenens assignments in Minnesota through VISTA.
Topics: Physicians
While working in Bermuda, my husband and I enjoyed seeing the local fishermen selling their catches on the side of the road. It happened to be a lobster season, and as you can see, they were quite large! You could either take them home, or they had a steaming pot going to cook them right on the spot. Our favorite dining spot was right on the deck of our apartment. The sunsets from the deck were the best we've seen.
Topics: Stories From VISTA Physicians
One of the most memorable places I have stayed during a locum tenens radiology assignment was a converted carriage house behind the home of a radiologist I was helping out. It was restored with such attention to detail, charming, with a spiral wrought iron staircase. And it was within walking distance of the hospital.
Topics: Stories From VISTA Physicians
State medical license renewal applications are much simpler than initial applications and re-licensure applications. The vast majority of state medical boards now offer on-line renewal.
Topics: Licensing & Credentialing
Alexandra Vadasz, MD, on assignment at an IHS facility, describes the scenery and the weather as rough and majestic at the same time. She sent VISTA this photo of a 1200-year-old Anasazi dwelling.
Topics: Stories From VISTA Physicians
