[ruszja]

Quote from HoosierDad

Have any of you done or considered doing international locums work? Where can a US board certified radiologist work? What are the hoops one would need to jump through to do so?

Thinking UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, but open to many possibilities.

I am assuming the compensation would be substantially less than stateside? Are there any companies out there that specialize in this?

NZ

[beatsluver152_896]

Reach out to global medical – they set up a ton of overseas locum opps…Almost took a 1 yr gig in NZ but did telerad from there instead. They even have opportunities in the Caribbean.

[buckeyeguy]

Are there any in Europe? Central or South America?
 
5 eyes nations are just more of the same, and most are way worse than the US already.

[dawn.neace]

Great tip thanks!

[ruszja]

Maybe I should expand: NZ is known to be a straightforward standardized process. The income is proportional to the lower workload but sufficient to have a nice life for whatever length of tour you sign up for.

Australia has various state level programs to work at underserved government ‘base hospitals’. It used to be quite unbueroctatic until the infamous ‘Dr Death’ incident at Bundaberg base hospital where a troubled surgeon from Oregon practiced for a while with questionable clinical outcomes. Since then the process to get your temp registration is a bit more involved.

A friend of mine from residency is an ER doc. He went on a trip to Australia 18 years ago and save for some short trips back has yet to return. He works for a government hospital and enjoys the different pace of life from the treadmill that is a US ER.