Doctors Abroad

Dr. Kristine Goins
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Doctors Abroad is for physicians who want to earn remotely and build a location-independent career. Hosted by Dr. Kristine Goins, founder of Nomad MD, this podcast breaks down income replacement, legal considerations, and what it actually takes to make hospital work optional. 

  1. 2d ago

    029: Am I Too Far Into My Career to Leave Hospital Medicine?

    This episode tackles the fear many physicians feel later in their careers: the worry that it’s “too late” to leave hospital medicine. Dr. Kristine reframes that concern by showing that years in medicine often increase experience, network, and credibility, making a pivot more successful, not less. The episode focuses on the four places that fear usually lives, money, time, energy, or identity, and offers a practical next step for each one. Key topics: Why the fear of leaving feels so heavy later in a careerIdentity, family expectations, and the weight of stayingThe real question: is it too late, or just scary?Why more years in medicine can actually make a pivot easierThe mindset trap of “this is just how it is”The four fear categories: money, time, energy, identityCreating side income and remote work without quitting outrightWhy 3 to 4 hours a week is enough to begin a pivotHow identity fear shows up and why community mattersExamples of physician pivots later in careerPurpose, net worth, and financial outcomes over timeWhy there is no deadline for a meaningful career changeAre you a doctor ready to secure your first remote contract in 90 days and make hospital income optional? Book your 1:1 freedom consultation call Want weekly insider tips on becoming a location-independent doctor? Join the Nomad MD Weekly Newsletter Connect with us on Instagram: @thenomadmds Learn more about Nomad MD: thenomadmd.com

  2. Oct 6

    028: What If Leaving My W-2 Torpedoes My Career?

    Dr. Kristine explains why the fear of leaving a W-2 role is usually learned, not evidence based, and breaks down the real skills physicians already have when they step outside traditional employment. The episode matters because it reframes leaving the system as an expansion of career options, not a loss of identity, credibility, or clinical standing. She discusses how physicians can keep their license, boards, and professional relationships active while building a practice or business on their own terms. Key topics: ·       Where the fear of leaving W-2 jobs really comes from ·       Training culture teaches doctors to wait for permission ·       Creativity returns when medicine stops narrowing your options ·       Turning an idea into something real ·       Setting your own terms for hours, compensation, and location ·       Why marketing is just explaining the value you offer ·       Why physicians already know how to do sales ·       What actually happens to your ability to come back ·       Staying connected to colleagues, conferences, and mentors ·       How hybrid models help procedural specialists protect their skills ·       Why building income outside traditional medicine compounds security Are you a doctor ready to secure your first remote contract in 90 days and make hospital income optional? Book your 1:1 freedom consultation call Want weekly insider tips on becoming a location-independent doctor? Join the Nomad MD Weekly Newsletter Connect with us on Instagram: @thenomadmds Learn more about Nomad MD: thenomadmd.com

  3. Sep 28

    027: Do I Have to Leave My Specialty to Go Remote?

    This episode challenges the assumption that specialty medical work only has value if it fits inside insurance, referral, and hospital structures. Dr. Kristine explains why many physicians get stuck looking for demand in the wrong place, and how cash pay, new patient populations, and alternative referral pathways can make independent remote practice viable. Dr. Kristine also gives concrete examples to show how demand already exists outside the traditional medical model. Key topics: ·       Why the traditional medical model makes independent work look impossible ·       The three shifts required: payment, population, and visibility ·       Why cash pay removes the insurance gatekeeper ·       Finding the right patients outside the hospital funnel ·       How to test assumptions instead of accepting the system's no ·       Physician examples of successful pivots into new models ·       Evidence that demand exists even without medical training ·       The credibility fear after losing an institutional title ·       Why a version of the work can work if you create it Are you a doctor ready to secure your first remote contract in 90 days and make hospital income optional? Book your 1:1 freedom consultation call Want weekly insider tips on becoming a location-independent doctor? Join the Nomad MD Weekly Newsletter Connect with us on Instagram: @thenomadmds Learn more about Nomad MD: thenomadmd.com

  4. Sep 21

    026: AI and Physician Income: Is Your Job at Risk and Does Remote Work Protect You?

    Dr. Kristine argues that AI is not just a future threat to medicine, but an active force already shaping staffing, compensation, and care models. She connects current examples like autonomous prescribing, telemedicine pay compression, and AI-assisted routine care to a bigger point: physicians who do not own their income streams, contracts, and relationships are the most exposed. Key Topics: AI as part of the same pressure cooker as flattening physician compensation, growing APP employment, and corporate medicine deciding what doctors are worthUtah’s autonomous AI prescribing pilot and why it mattersThe real danger of AI as a staffing justificationTelemedicine pay compression and the commoditization of physician timeMental health as an early warning sign for lower-oversight careWhy waiting to see what happens is the riskiest strategyWhat ownership looks like in practice for physiciansWhy remote work is not enough without independent income structureAutonomous AI, cost cutting, and the case for physician ownership Are you a doctor ready to secure your first remote contract in 90 days and make hospital income optional? Book your 1:1 freedom consultation call Want weekly insider tips on becoming a location-independent doctor? Join the Nomad MD Weekly Newsletter Connect with us on Instagram: @thenomadmds Learn more about Nomad MD: thenomadmd.com

  5. Sep 14

    025: Why the Physician Shortage Isn't Making You Richer — And What Will

    This episode breaks down a hard truth in modern medicine: a physician shortage exists, but the financial leverage from that shortage is often captured by hospitals, corporate employers, and middlemen before it reaches physicians. Dr. Kristine explains why employment, locums, and “golden handcuffs” can still leave doctors underpaid, overcontrolled, and vulnerable. The core message is about positioning. If physicians want real control over compensation, schedule, and location, they need to own their expertise and diversify how that expertise creates income. Key topics: Why physician scarcity is not increasing physician leverage How specialist pay growth lags inflation and demandHow corporate ownership captures the value of physician laborWhy employment does not guarantee stability anymoreWhy locums is not a full solutionWhich doctors are vulnerable versus which have leverageWhat it means to own your expertiseWhy the window to build leverage is closingWhat comes next and how to build physician freedomAre you a doctor ready to secure your first remote contract in 90 days and make hospital income optional? Book your 1:1 freedom consultation call Want weekly insider tips on becoming a location-independent doctor? Join the Nomad MD Weekly Newsletter Connect with us on Instagram: @thenomadmds Learn more about Nomad MD: thenomadmd.com

  6. Sep 7

    024: The 6-Month Hospital Exit

    This episode breaks down what the six months before leaving hospital employment really looks like for physicians. Dr. Kristine explains why the process is usually smoother than expected when there is support, and why the real challenge is often not logistics but taking income-generating actions. She discusses how the path varies depending on where you are starting, what a true freedom number is, and why this transition is possible across all specialties. Key topics: Why the hospital exit is easier with support Why the freedom number matters more than an arbitrary income goal The typical freedom number range for physiciansThe three common starting points physicians usually haveWhat surprises physicians most about the exit timelineThe income-generating actions that actually move the needleHow a new work model reshapes physician identityThe 2 greatest fears that show up and how to conquer themWhy the transition is built before the hospital exit happensWhy the six-month exit works across all specialtiesHow to map your own six-month exit pathAre you a doctor ready to secure your first remote contract in 90 days and make hospital income optional? Book your 1:1 freedom consultation call Want weekly insider tips on becoming a location-independent doctor? Join the Nomad MD Weekly Newsletter Connect with us on Instagram: @thenomadmds Learn more about Nomad MD: thenomadmd.com

  7. Aug 31

    023: The $20K Part-Time Month

    Dr. Kristine explains why 20K part-time remote months are revolutionary for doctors. She describes why it matters less as a target and more as proof that physicians can earn on their own terms. She breaks down the mindset shift, the real math behind physician compensation, and a simple framework for testing whether a remote income idea is actually worth building. We discuss why that income level changes what physicians tolerate, how to calculate your true hourly rate, and how the 4E method can help you decide what to build next. Key topics: Why a 20K part-time remote income can be more powerful than a hospital salaryHow to calculate your true hourly rateThe 4E method for building a remote income streamEvidence - what people already come to you forEnergy - choosing work your brain wants to doEnvironment - matching the offer to the life you wantEconomics - pricing your expertise to reach 20KWhy many physicians can build this in three hours a weekWhy building while employed is usually fasterThe real purpose of the 20K part-time remote monthAre you a doctor ready to secure your first remote contract in 90 days and make hospital income optional? Book your 1:1 freedom consultation call Want weekly insider tips on becoming a location-independent doctor? Join the Nomad MD Weekly Newsletter Connect with us on Instagram: @thenomadmds Learn more about Nomad MD: thenomadmd.com

  8. Aug 24

    022: Why Physicians Who Live First Get Richer

    This episode challenges the idea that wealth has to come before life. Dr. Kristine explains why waiting for retirement, a bigger portfolio, or a lighter schedule can delay both freedom and wealth, and how designing a life with time, location, and creative space can actually create better financial outcomes. She introduces her "Pay Yourself Twice" framework, showing how physicians can invest aggressively in both their future self and their present self at the same time without being reckless. Key topics: Why this episode is for physicians who keep waiting for "someday"The flawed model of wealth first, life laterWhy time freedom, location freedom, and flexibility can be a precondition for innovation, energy, and wealth creationIntroducing the "Pay Yourself Twice" framework – funding both your future self and your present self with equal intentionalityThe type of options that "Pay Yourself Twice" produces in real lifeA wealth-building approach of mastering one money-making formula at a time, then layering in the nextWhy outside income removes the ceiling that hospital employment creates How to think about building remote income and geographic freedomAre you a doctor ready to secure your first remote contract in 90 days and make hospital income optional? Book your 1:1 freedom consultation call Want weekly insider tips on becoming a location-independent doctor? Join the Nomad MD Weekly Newsletter Connect with us on Instagram: @thenomadmds Learn more about Nomad MD: thenomadmd.com

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Doctors Abroad is for physicians who want to earn remotely and build a location-independent career. Hosted by Dr. Kristine Goins, founder of Nomad MD, this podcast breaks down income replacement, legal considerations, and what it actually takes to make hospital work optional. 

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  • Creator
    Dr. Kristine Goins
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
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