Interview with Dr. Andrew Wilner

Dr. Andrew Wilner recently recorded an awesome audiobook. It is the narration of his book, “The Locum Life: A Physician’s Guide to Locum Tenens.”

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Andrew is an old friend to the podcast. I’ve interviewed him for three episodes prior to this one. We discussed his book, his experience as a medical writer, and his expertise with locum tenens jobs.

But when I discovered that he had recorded and released the audiobook, I wanted to hear more. 

Andrew is a board-certified internist, neurologist, and epilepsy specialist. Since high school, he has been an avid writer. As a medical journalist, he has written hundreds of articles and has published four books.

He is also a “YouTuber” and podcaster under The Art of Medicine. There he interviews his guests on eclectic clinical and nonclinical topics. He hosts a second YouTube channel called Underwater with Dr. Andrew which posts his own underwater videos. 

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The Locum Life

Dr. Wilner used locum tenens as a tool for achieving work-life balance. He became so adept at it, that he was inspired to write his book, The Locums Life: A Physician’s Guide to Locum Tenens.

In addition to his personal experiences for the book, he interviewed several other locum tenens physicians. The book includes their stories, as well as his advice for:

  • finding jobs,
  • working with staffing agencies,
  • understanding malpractice insurance,
  • completing credentialing,
  • and optimizing travel and lodging.

Andrew’s Awesome Audiobook

While promoting his book, Andrew was often asked whether there was an audiobook version. Since he has experience with audio technology from podcasting, he became interested in recording his book himself.

During our interview, he described the major challenges involved in recording a book. There are strict guidelines that must be met. And it is a meticulous and arduous process. But Andrew says he enjoyed it and is pleased with the end results.

Listeners can download the audiobook for free at andrewwilner.com/videos.

Word of Advice

Just to cut to the end, for any of you who are interested in doing your own audiobook: it is very, very hard. And it is definitely a passion project. – Andrew Wilner, MD

Summary

Andrew discovered the benefits of taking locum tenens jobs early in his career. And he used it to achieve and maintain work-life balance. He was able to combine his knowledge of locums and his love of writing to produce a very useful guide for physicians. And it was fitting that he would narrate his own audiobook, which he found challenging but fun and rewarding.

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