LocumLife - March 2009 - (Page 30) RESOURCES Dynamics DESTINATIONS Anyone’s Guess OFFICIAL RULES hollow at Old Fort in Appalachia as it was literally “comin’ ’round the mountain” only a few feet away from our door. Or was it the shaking feet of folks clogging to live Mountain music every Friday night? Then, again, maybe I was invigorated because my practice was, at last, only about seeing patients. In any event, what I experienced and learned on these temporary opportunities over those years opened my eyes to my patients, America, and myself, as well as to our evolving healthcare landscape. It seemed my learning curve crossed both personal and professional boundaries. More than once, this involved not only bending some rules and thinking outside the box, but also encountering some extraordinary mysteries. “I finished my career in the spirit in which I began it, as a physician, not a businessman; as a healer, not a productivity manager.” COMPLETING THE CIRCLE Although I am now retired, those five memorable transition years that I spent as a locum tenens psychiatrist filled me with energy, lessons, and insights, and helped me determine what I wanted from my retirement. But more meaningful and fulfilling, they left me with the truly satisfying memory of having finished my career in the spirit in which I began it, as a physician, not a businessman; as a healer, not a productivity manager. And now, in my retirement, it seems, I have become an author. There are stories I want to tell. My first book, Psychiatrist on the Road: Encounters in Healing and Healthcare, will be out in the spring. I have come full circle, and it feels good. L L Lawrence H. 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