What if losing your “secure” job became the moment you claimed real freedom? That’s the turning point we explore with PA Fedna Morensi as she traces a winding path from athletic training and dance dreams to orthopedic surgery and a locum lifestyle that funds her time, not her burnout. We dig into the human side of medicine—identity, resilience, and service—while getting specific about the business decisions schools rarely teach.
Fedna breaks down the mechanics of travel PA work: licensing and credentialing timelines, navigating recruiters, spotting restrictive clauses, and balancing higher pay with responsibility. We compare W‑2 stability to 1099 flexibility in plain language, then go a layer deeper on forming an S‑corp, structuring benefits, and turning gross pay into lasting wealth. The conversation balances numbers with meaning: how rural communities gain access when a clinician shows up, how diverse teams sharpen your clinical toolbox, and why six to nine months of focused work can create the space for rest, learning, and life.
You’ll hear candid stories from multi‑specialty ortho, lessons from contracts that didn’t pan out, and a practical framework for evaluating offers—pay, schedule, call, autonomy, and culture. We talk interview strategy (career is part of you, not all of you), the myth of job security versus the reality of skill security, and a mindset shift that treats financial literacy as patient care insurance. For resources, Fedna shares her site with free guides, a growing “Travel PA Your Way to Wealth” community, and social handles to keep the conversation going.
If you’re a pre‑health student mapping your route or a clinician ready to redesign your work, this is your field guide to locums, contracts, and buying back time with intention. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs this playbook, and leave a review telling us the first freedom you’d buy with better career design.

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