Many thanks to Amir Baluch, MD, for inviting me to lecture on locum tenens during this week's SideHustleMD. He's got a great lineup of speakers, and I am honored to be one of them. As a special gift to the audience (and to you, too, if you are reading this blog,) the ebook of "The Locum Life: A Physician's Guide to Locum Tenens" is available at a 50% discount. The discount is only available at this link-direct from the publisher. https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/andrew-n-wil

Thanks to veteran radio host Burke Allen for inviting me to his "Big Time Talker" weekly podcast. Our interview, "The importance of the in-person and caring physician with Dr. Andrew Wilner," was released yesterday on Blog Talk Radio and all the usual streaming podcast sites. Here's the link: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/wams/2021/09/17/the-importance-of-the-in-person-and-caring-physician-with-dr-andrew-wilner Burke was an amazing host and posed challenging questions. To beg

I am pleased to share that the audiobook version of "The Locum Life: A Physician's Guide to Locum Tenens," received its first review on Audible Books, and it's a wonderful 5-star review! More than a half-dozen copies, or more correctly said, "downloads," have already sold. It's great to be able to reach the audiobook audience with information about locum tenens that just might make the struggle to achieve work/life balance a little easier! #locums #locumtenens #audiobook #5st

If you are interested in locum tenens, a new resource is available at the Medscape Physician Business Academy. “Working as a Locum Tenens: A Career Path for You?” is available for free. This online course is appropriate for physicians or other medical professionals considering locum tenens as an addition to permanent employment or as a full-time career. A Medscape Academy Certificate may be obtained after successful completion. Co-written with medical writer Leigh Page, much

The Locum Life, A Physician’s Guide to Locum Tenens, is now available in audiobook format, and you can listen to it for free. What's the catch? Just write an honest, thoughtful review for Amazon of at least two sentences in the next 10 days! Think you can do it? If you are interested, please contact me at my website or wilnercommunications@gmail.com. Only 5 free copies are available. If you want to listen to the audiobook, but don't want to write a review, The Locum Life, A P

Introduction Chad Saley from CompHealth asked me to discuss the challenge of work/life balance in medicine. After I had time to reflect on the question, I wrote a short essay about it. Chad also gave me the opportunity to express my thoughts in this 15-minute YouTube interview. Historical Perspective In 1981, when I applied for residency, raising the topic of work/life balance during an interview was the “kiss of death,” a sure way to disqualify yourself from the position. Re

Since the publication of The Locum Life: A Physician's Guide to Locum Tenens, I've received requests for an audiobook version. I've written 4 books but never published an audiobook. Although more people read traditional print books than listen to audiobooks, the audiobook market is growing by leaps and bounds. I figured I'd give it a try and narrate the text myself. It turns out that recording an audiobook takes a lot more than just reading into a microphone. First, there are

My friend and fellow podcaster, John Jurica, MD, reviewed "nine excellent books" on his podcast for physicians considering a pivot to nonclinical or nontraditional careers. While I haven't read all the books on his list, I did write one of them! John was kind enough to include "The Locum Life: A Physician's Guide to Locum Tenens." John's weekly podcasts are always interesting and frequently accompany me on my early morning jogs. Feedspot listed his podcast as one of the top

Introduction The strategy of “social distancing” to avoid Coronavirus has forced many of us into unaccustomed isolation. For those not yet incapacitated, one unanticipated benefit of enforced seclusion has emerged—more time for independent creative work! New Podcast! I thought about starting a podcast several months ago and finally got to it! Please join me for the launch of “The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner.” This new podcast mirrors my YouTube video series by the