For more than a decade, medical school debt has been increasing at an alarming rate. Debt has always been the albatross around medical students’ necks, but today’s young physicians have it worse than any generation in history. According to the American Medical Student Association, more than 86 percent of medical […]
Recent Posts
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Beat Medical School Debt and Have a Career in Emergency Medicine
Barton Team | 14 September, 2016
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Make a Hole: NPs and PAs in the U.S. Armed Forces
It should come as no surprise that the United States military has provided a wide variety of opportunities for nurse practitioners and physician assistants. In fact, the Yale School of Medicine says that the PA profession was born of the desire to make use of the skills medics and corpsmen […]
Brian W. | 1 September, 2016
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Why Older Physicians Should Consider Locum Tenens
In the United States, mandatory retirement (or, as it’s more derisively known, forced retirement) policies are illegal for the majority of professions, but there are a few exceptions. When a pilot hits age 65, for instance, he’s asked to hand over his wings. Federal law requires special agents to retire […]
Barton Team | 31 August, 2016
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Tips for Finding Work As a New Nurse Practitioner Grad
So you’ve survived nurse practitioner school, passed your national board-certification exam, and — with your head barely above water — you’ve struck out into the job-hunting jungle. But where to begin? They don’t really prepare you for this in school. Never fear! Only a few years ago, I too was […]
Dr. Melissa de Capua DNP PMHNP | 25 August, 2016
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Escape Hospital Politics With Locum Tenens
Locum tenens work offers clinicians a way out of the petty squabbles, backstabbing, and Machiavellian machinations that color hospital politics. Yes, these things are present in practically every care facility, but the advantage of going locum is that you don’t have to care. Let the full-time doctors, nurses, and staff […]
Jess Huckins | 17 August, 2016
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Get Off the Carousel: Locum Tenens Home Health Offers Freedom and Flexibility
For many healthcare professionals, the initial decision to join the industry doesn’t come from a single benefit so much as a combination of factors. Prestige, financial compensation, and the ability to truly help people are just three reasons a pre-med student might plan to enter the field, for instance. Flexibility […]
Evan Wade | 27 July, 2016
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Living La Vida Locum: What Providers Love About Locum Tenens Roles
We talk a lot about what we think locum tenens can do for you. Empowerment. Career growth. Flexibility. Travel. New opportunities. But we’re not as in the know as you are. In order to truly understand your pain points and what about them pushes you to take on — and […]
Jess Huckins | 25 July, 2016
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The Rural Health Clinic Program Provides Opportunities for PAs and NPs
Shortages in rural health have long been a challenge for the healthcare profession — and one that has seen many proposed solutions over the years. Increasingly, nurse practitioners and physician assistants are answering the call. A Journal of Rural Health review shows that, overall, “PAs provide cost-efficient and supplemental medical […]
Brian W. | 6 July, 2016
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What Should You Do After You Graduate NP or PA School? [SLIDESHARE]
Congratulations! You’ve graduated as a nurse practitioner or physician assistant. Friends and family are proud, and they’ve applauded as you’ve stepped across the stage in a cap and gown. You’re ready to take on what’s next. You want to put your degree to good use, but you’re not sure where […]
Emma Siemasko | 24 June, 2016
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What’s Working in Rural Care Like? One PA Tells All
I am apparently in the minority. According to the 2015 AAPA salary report, 51.7 percent of physician assistants work in an urban setting of more than 1 million people. Further, 12.4 percent work in an area where the closest town has a population of 20,000 people or less. I am […]
Sean Conroy, PA-C | 16 June, 2016
