r/Residency PGY1 1d ago

SIMPLE QUESTION Extended Travel

So, I’ve always wanted to take 6 months to a year off to eat-pray-love around the world. However, this career happened to me and all of the sudden I found myself stuck on the railroad track. Has anyone heard of someone doing this with a career in medicine? Obviously the debt and maintaining my clinical skills are a concern, but I’m sure it can be done. Help me break outside the mold. I’m sick on being a complacent career student.

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u/farfromindigo 1d ago

Locums. Do a 6 mo contract in the middle of nowhere, make bank, and travel the rest of the year.