Move Abroad Essentials
The must-have tools you’ll need abroadExplore our Move Abroad Essentials, your one-stop shop for physicians ready to live and work abroad. From our flagship course, Telepsychiatry From Abroad, and Telemedicine & Beyond resource to personalized mentorship, malpractice coverage, VPNs, expat tax experts, language learning tools, and inspiring physician-written books about moving abroad — we’ve gathered everything you need to launch your Hippocratic Adventure with confidence.
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CME Course: Telepsychiatry From Abroad
Telepsychiatry From Abroad is a step-by-step, CME-accredited course for psychiatrists ready to build a thriving telepsychiatry private practice — and take it abroad.
Telemedicine & Beyond
Save yourself time and focus your outreach with this list of opportunities that can be done from abroad. This includes the telemedicine companies that allow you to work from abroad and those that don’t, non-clinical opportunities including utilization review, pharma abroad, and unique in-person opportunities.
Personalized Guidance
Get insider mentorship from a physician who’s been there, done that, and is here to help you make your move abroad as smooth as possible! No need to reinvent the wheel or go at it alone.
Malpractice Insurance While Abroad
The Doctors’ Insurance Agency helps U.S.-trained, U.S.-licensed physicians get malpractice coverage so they can practice telemedicine with US patients while living abroad.
Here’s an affiliate link to inquire about malpractice coverage →
NordVPN
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows you to connect to a US Electronic Medical Record, many of which block IP addresses from outside of the United States.
NordVPN, has received consistently high reviews for its speed, ease of use, and the fact that its servers are located in privacy-friendly Panama.
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Private Internet Access
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows you to connect to a US Electronic Medical Record, many of which block IP addresses from outside of the United States.
We use Private Internet Access (PIA). It’s simple to configure, you can connect up to 10 devices simultaneously, and in 5 years of using it have never run into glitches. It’s also slightly less expensive than NordVPN.
Notarize
Notarize enables you to notarize documents electronically and online.
Within a week of moving to Portugal, Ashwini and I each received an email from a state medical board asking us to notarize a form. We initially groaned at the idea of finding the closest US embassy and making an appointment just to notarize a couple documents. But after discovering Notarize, within minutes, we crossed a pesky task from our long to-do list.
JM Tax Advisers
JM Tax Advisors offers pre-move and post-move tax consultations to help you navigate U.S. and local tax systems, state residency, and compliance requirements. They coordinate with local tax experts to ensure smooth integration abroad, avoid double taxation, and handle filings without surprises.
On a personal note, they handle our U.S. filings while coordinating with our Portuguese specialist, and the founder is an American living in Europe herself.
Email admin@jmtaxadvisors.com for inquiries
Online Taxman
Online Taxman helps optimize US taxes for Americans living abroad. It’s a resource we’ve personally used in navigating a US-based business while living abroad. And they’re offering an exclusive 10% discount for Hippocratic Adventures members.
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Traveling Mailbox
Traveling Mailbox offers a mailbox with a real street address (not a PO Box).
They will scan the outside of your mail and then you decide what to do. You can ask them to open the mail and scan the contents, forward the mail to you, or shred it.
Wise
Wise (formerly Transferwise), is a currency exchange service with low fees, which uses the current market rate, and allows you to hold different currencies in one account. It is one of the most inexpensive ways to convert currency, with fees typically around 0.4%.
If you’re earning US income, you’ll transfer US dollars from your US bank account into your Wise account; convert to your desired currency; and then transfer the amount from Wise into your bank account in your new home country.
Website Design: Artillery Media
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Babbel: Language Learning App
Don’t let a language barrier get in the way of enjoying your life abroad. Babbel is a language learning app to help you have real conversations, faster. You can use it to learn 14 languages including Spanish, French, Portuguese (Brazilian), German, Italian, Swedish, and Norwegian.
Ashwini has personally used Babbel to learn Spanish and French!
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italki: Language Learning App
italki is the top global language learning community that connects students and teachers for 1-on-1 online language lessons. Offering more than 150 languages taught by high-quality teachers, italki speeds everyone on their personal journey to fluency. Ready to learn a new language?
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Dottoressa: An American Doctor in Rome
Dr. Susan Levenstein, a primary care doctor and internist, left New York City in 1978 – trading the East River for the Tiber River.
In Dotoressa, Dr. Levenstein lets us in on what it has been like to practice medicine in Rome over the past forty years – how universal healthcare and a healthy lifestyle helps Italians counterbalance the shortcomings of their Italian healthcare system. Learn more about her experience in our vlog post.
ExpatMD: Your Guide to Living and Working as a Physician in Australia and New Zealand
For Dr. Carmen Brown, a one year locums position in New Zealand turned into 10 years and a permanent move, split between New Zealand and now Australia.
She shares her wisdom in this book. Learn more about her experience in our vlog post.
