When you bring up the idea of moving abroad, do your mentors and colleagues: Give you the side eye? Say “What? You can’t do that!” Just think you’re plain weird Do you end up wondering, “What AM I doing?” Then you’ve got to watch our latest vlog, with Dr....
Practicing Medicine in Countries
We Moved to Portugal 3 Years Ago. Here’s An Update.
I had fantasized for years about what it would be like to live in Europe, to walk past Roman aqueducts, to kayak down a river dotted by medieval castles, and to enjoy another language and culture. In August 2020, in the middle of...
What it’s Like to be a Black Doctor in Australia
Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a Black Physician abroad? Are race relations any different outside the US? Today, I'm chatting with Dr.Carmen Brown, an author, blogger, practicing OB/GYN, and founder of ExpatMD, a consulting service that helps physicians...
I Left the Military to Stay in Guam. Here’s Why.
I started my path with a desire to travel. I began medicine with a Naval scholarship to pay for medical school. This would guarantee opportunities for living and practicing in different regions of the world. I started off in San Diego, California and proceeded to be...
29 Years After Immigrating to the US, I Left.
People may call what happens at midlife “a crisis,” but it’s not. It’s an unraveling—a time when you feel a desperate pull to live the life you want to live, not the one you’re “supposed” to live." - Brene Brown In her earlier post, Dr. Dionne Mills-Sillik shared her...
Why This OB/GYN Moved Abroad
"True self-care is not salt baths and chocolate cake, it is making the choice to build a life you don't need to regularly escape from" - Brianna Wiest I always knew there was something different about how I saw America, because I was able to see it as an outsider. I...
This Anesthesiologist Took A Sabbatical Abroad. Here’s What Actually Happened.
In July 2022, Dr. Sara Gebauer, an anesthesiologist shared her story of transforming her dream of a sabbatical abroad into a reality. She communicated her dream clearly with her anesthesiology practice, brought on an anesthsiologist to fulfill her clinical role, and...
This American Doctor Moved to Chad (and is paying off her student loans)
Welcome to our latest Hippocratic Adventures Interview! I’m Dr. Ashwini Bapat and today we’re *very excited* to have Dr. Sarah Silva with us. Dr. Sarah Silva received her MD from Loma Linda University, completed her family medicine residency training in Boise,...
How a calculated risk changed this doctor’s life
A big thank you to Locumstory for sponsoring this chat. Locumstory.com is an educational, online resource about all things locum tenens. Their website has tons of information about the ins and outs of how locum tenens works and first-hand perspectives from actual...