The Marquette University educator and locum tenens dentist has owned practices, served in the military and cared for patients across the Midwest. His career shows […]
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21 October, 2026 For the Florida-based nurse practitioner, locum tenens meant more control over her time, unexpected clinical growth and meaningful connections far from home. Demetria Rutledge was […]
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by Barton Team 20 October, 2026 A conversation with Dr. Pond, DDS, an oral surgeon and locum tenens provider currently serving a rural tribal community in the Southwest. In a rural […]
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by Barton Team 1 October, 2026 For Dr. Vikram Ravoory, locum tenens dentistry started as a practical solution to a temporary problem. He was between jobs, figuring out where he wanted […]
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by Barton Team 19 August, 2026 The Short Answer Locum tenens clinicians are paid as independent contractors (1099), not employees (W-2). Most are paid weekly by direct deposit through their staffing […]
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by Alison Curfman 16 June, 2026 You’re sitting in another mandatory department meeting that started 20 minutes late, watching a slide deck that has nothing to do with how you practice […]
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by Alison Curfman 10 June, 2026 CRNA Bart spent years building the stable medical career he was told to want. Eventually, he realized stability was getting in the way of freedom. […]
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by Barton Team 19 May, 2026 Before I started practicing locum tenens as an Emergency Medicine Physician, I had a running list of reasons not to do it. They felt rational […]
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by Alison Curfman 14 May, 2026 On one of my locum assignments as an emergency medicine physician, a kid came in with an epidural hematoma with midline shift. For a moment, […]
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by Alison Curfman 10 April, 2026 When I left my full-time job as a pediatric emergency physician, most people assumed I was leaving medicine. My colleagues were confused. A few were […]
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by Alison Curfman 27 March, 2026 Health literacy in healthcare is often framed as a patient problem. Infectious disease physician Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sees it differently. In her view, the responsibility […]
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by Barton Team 2 March, 2026 Dr. Deborah didn’t set out for locum tenens to shape her career. At first, it was a practical way to gain experience and earn extra […]
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by Barton Team 19 February, 2026 
