--- title: VISTA Archived Blogs | Stories From VISTA Physicians (3) description: "Stories From VISTA Physicians | At VISTA, we’re dedicated to being our clients’ strategic workforce optimization partner. With our deep industry expertise and exclusive locums MSP technology, we help health systems, hospitals, practices, and government entities build and sustain effective workforce models that ensure patient access to care and organizational stability. VISTA is a leading provider of locum tenens physician staffing, advanced practice providers, and permanent physician search services. For over 30 years, we've helped place physicians and advanced practitioners in nearly every medical specialty within hospitals, clinics, urgent care centers, community-based practices, and government facilities. Let VISTA help you find your perfect work-life balance. (3)" --- [![VISTA-logo-primary-tagline](https://blog.vistastaff.com/hs-fs/hubfs/VISTA-logo-primary-tagline.png?width=150&height=51&name=VISTA-logo-primary-tagline.png "VISTA-logo-primary-tagline")](https://www.vistastaff.com) # [VISTA Archived Blogs](https://blog.vistastaff.com) ## [Comfort/timing/price=the optimum equation for locum tenens travel](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/comfort/timing/pricethe-optimum-equation-for-locum-tenens-travel) Posted by [VISTA Staffing](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/author/vista-staffing) on Dec 16, 2013 12:01:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Globalization—notwithstanding Starbucks and The Gap and Abercrombie and Fitch—has a positive side. It has made travel simpler and much less intimidating. Find baggage claim at SUX and you can find it at LAX. Return a rental car at SeaTac and you can return one at Miami International. Learn to navigate your home airport and you can pretty much make it through any airport in the world. [Read More**](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/comfort/timing/pricethe-optimum-equation-for-locum-tenens-travel) Topics: [Stories From VISTA Physicians](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/topic/stories-from-vista-physicians) ## [The ties that bind: Locum doctor returns to Canyon de Chelly](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/the-ties-that-bind-locum-doctor-returns-to-canyon-de-chelly) Posted by [VISTA Staffing](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/author/vista-staffing) on Nov 11, 2013 1:57:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [Read More**](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/the-ties-that-bind-locum-doctor-returns-to-canyon-de-chelly) Topics: [Stories From VISTA Physicians](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/topic/stories-from-vista-physicians) ## [A Great Way to Put Your Toe in the Water](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/a-great-way-to-put-your-toe-in-the-water) Posted by [VISTA Staffing](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/author/vista-staffing) on Oct 18, 2013 6:47:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) I just completed a very positive locum tenens assignment with VISTA and—because it offers a bit of a twist on the standard—I wanted to share it. [Read More**](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/a-great-way-to-put-your-toe-in-the-water) Topics: [Stories From VISTA Physicians](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/topic/stories-from-vista-physicians) ## ["Dr. Terry Cloth calling about local tennis"](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/dr.-terry-cloth-calling-about-local-tennis) Posted by [VISTA Staffing](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/author/vista-staffing) on Oct 14, 2013 1:09:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) It’s true, in the early days some people thought doctors who worked as locum tenens might be snake-oil salesmen. They questioned our ability to get and hold good jobs and refused to introduce us to their sisters. They said, “What? You’re Dr. Terry Cloth and you’re calling about local tennis?!” [Read More**](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/dr.-terry-cloth-calling-about-local-tennis) Topics: [Stories From VISTA Physicians](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/topic/stories-from-vista-physicians) ## [ATTENTION PASSENGERS](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/attention-passengers) Posted by [VISTA Staffing](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/author/vista-staffing) on Oct 10, 2013 12:52:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) TSA has instituted a new Secure Flight Program that affects all air travelers. When making reservations, the following information must be provided for each passenger: - Full name as it appears on government-issued I. D. approved for traveling - Full date of birth - Gender VISTA will be required to provide this information when arranging travel for you. In addition, if you use a redress number (to prevent misidentifications through the Department of Homeland Security Watch List) we can provide it to the airline for you when we make your reservations. Questions?Just ask a member of our Travel Team next time you book travel to a locum tenens, extended placement, or international locums assignment. [Read More**](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/attention-passengers) Topics: [Stories From VISTA Physicians](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/topic/stories-from-vista-physicians) ## [Senior surgeon, seasoned locum tenens, on the importance of role models](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/senior-surgeon-seasoned-locum-tenens-on-the-importance-of-role-models) Posted by [VISTA Staffing](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/author/vista-staffing) on Oct 9, 2013 3:25:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [Read More**](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/senior-surgeon-seasoned-locum-tenens-on-the-importance-of-role-models) Topics: [Stories From VISTA Physicians](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/topic/stories-from-vista-physicians) ## [Physician, World Traveler, Photographer](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/physician-world-traveler-photographer) Posted by [VISTA Staffing](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/author/vista-staffing) on Oct 3, 2013 6:49:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) 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. [Read More**](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/physician-world-traveler-photographer) Topics: [Stories From VISTA Physicians](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/topic/stories-from-vista-physicians) ## [10-years of locum tenens with VISTA!](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/10-years-of-locum-tenens-with-vista) Posted by [VISTA Staffing](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/author/vista-staffing) on Oct 1, 2013 3:40:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Today is the tenth anniversary of my first locum tenens assignment with VISTA, in Commerce City, Colorado. [Read More**](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/10-years-of-locum-tenens-with-vista) Topics: [Stories From VISTA Physicians](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/topic/stories-from-vista-physicians) ## [Locum tenens and the foodie physician: Installment 1](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/locum-tenens-and-the-foodie-physician-installment-1) Posted by [VISTA Staffing](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/author/vista-staffing) on Aug 14, 2013 1:16:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [Read More**](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/locum-tenens-and-the-foodie-physician-installment-1) Topics: [Stories From VISTA Physicians](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/topic/stories-from-vista-physicians) ## [Oh, the places you’ll go (and stay)](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/oh-the-places-youll-go-and-stay) Posted by [VISTA Staffing](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/author/vista-staffing) on Aug 6, 2013 11:52:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) 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. 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