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So I am back for a moment to see if I can revive my interest in this site. But that's another story.
Here's some advice for new grads and anyone that wants to be respected in their field. DON'T DO LOCUMS. I have never seen a locums come into my hospital that could compare to the quality of my group. Now without boasting too much, we have a group that is some of the best of the best. Everyone was a chief resident in their residency with the exception of a few. Everyone here was the top performer of their group prior to coming here. Everyone has a great personality. And last but not least everyone is extremely athletic with some pretty impressive accomplishments. So to come to my group as a locums is like walking on to the LSU football team midseason and trying to perform without being noticed. It ain't gonna happen. Why in the world would you want to do this to yourself? So lets say you go to a weak practice. You are still the outsider in a foreign land. The nurse won't trust you because they have seen so many awful locums to date. The surgeons won't trust you for the same reason.
We have essentially zero complications (not an exaggeration). The only anesthesia complications are with locums and we watch them like a hawk. They get the easiest cases, knee scopes, total joints, hysterectomies, etc.
But I do owe a debt of gratitude to locums. My next contract with the hosp will demand more money if I continue to have to work with these "TOOLS". Plus after having locums, the hosp. thinks we are the only ones that can perform a safe anesthetic.
Grads, do yourselves a huge favor. Sign with a real group. Learn everything you can from them and if it doesn't work out move on. Don't stigmatize yourself. Locums SUCK!
Here's some advice for new grads and anyone that wants to be respected in their field. DON'T DO LOCUMS. I have never seen a locums come into my hospital that could compare to the quality of my group. Now without boasting too much, we have a group that is some of the best of the best. Everyone was a chief resident in their residency with the exception of a few. Everyone here was the top performer of their group prior to coming here. Everyone has a great personality. And last but not least everyone is extremely athletic with some pretty impressive accomplishments. So to come to my group as a locums is like walking on to the LSU football team midseason and trying to perform without being noticed. It ain't gonna happen. Why in the world would you want to do this to yourself? So lets say you go to a weak practice. You are still the outsider in a foreign land. The nurse won't trust you because they have seen so many awful locums to date. The surgeons won't trust you for the same reason.
We have essentially zero complications (not an exaggeration). The only anesthesia complications are with locums and we watch them like a hawk. They get the easiest cases, knee scopes, total joints, hysterectomies, etc.
But I do owe a debt of gratitude to locums. My next contract with the hosp will demand more money if I continue to have to work with these "TOOLS". Plus after having locums, the hosp. thinks we are the only ones that can perform a safe anesthetic.
Grads, do yourselves a huge favor. Sign with a real group. Learn everything you can from them and if it doesn't work out move on. Don't stigmatize yourself. Locums SUCK!