http://www.doctors-withoutborders.com/doctors_without_borders_overseas_medical_jobs.rss If your a doctor without borders and you are looking for overseas medical jobs then you have come to the right place! Global Medical Staffing offers top-of-the-line medical staffing services. http://www.doctors-withoutborders.com/ en-US Wed, 05 Jul 2006 15:33:07 -0600 <P>What It's Like Working Overseas</P> <P>Have you ever wished about being able to practice in an environment where malpractice suits are rare, doctors are respected and patients aren't suspicious but grateful? If so, you might be very interested to know that New Zealand and Australia fit these criteria precisely. Better yet, both countries still place patient care and quality over the business and financial end of medicine. These are good very reasons to consider an Australian medical job or New Zealand medical job.</P> <P>Practicing with colleagues from different cultures is an invigorating education. You'll see different ways of looking at medicine and have fun providing alternative perspectives to your new colleagues. Many doctors tell us that the experience reinvigorated their professional lives and love of medicine.&nbsp; The cross-cultural immersion is also a powerful experience and something that your family will share with friends and extended family for the rest of their lives.</P> <P>Fitting In</P> <P>Some adjustments are required to work overseas effectively. While the countries that we work in tend to be very friendly places they do have their own cultural values and expectations. Doctors are generally considered to be more like peers to allied health professionals (albeit highly educated and respected peers). As a result nurses, psychologists and technologists tend to give their opinions more freely and expect to be treated as peers and not subordinates. Many departments have departmental managers who are not MD's but are, in fact, professional administrators. These managers are not at all subordinate to the doctors in the department. This also tends to be true for human resource managers in hospitals.</P> <P>As one doctor put it, Australians &amp; New Zealanders don't expect you to 'hit a home run' in the first week or month. Fitting in is often more important than being the greatest clinician or thinker on the block.' In your first few months, give advice only when specifically asked for it. Avoid, at all costs, making comparisons to your home country's medical system that make your host country's system seem inferior.</P> http://www.doctors-withoutborders.com/doctors_without_borders_overseas_medical_jobs.rss http://www.gmedical.com/ Wed, 05 Jul 2006 15:33:07 -0600 tag:www.tristana.org,2006:F725132B-43AB-4FF2-9DB7-584F356BAE7D.38901.4675294676