H ave you talked to Ob-Gyn colleagues in locum tenens roles and wondered if this might be a good fit for you? Maybe you’ve dreamed of mixing work and travel. Or you’d like to really check out ...

That's a quick summary of The Locum Life! Locum tenens physicians serve as "placeholders," taking the place of physicians on maternity, paternity, or sick leave, or away at medical conferences or ...

About 52,000 physicians worked as locum tenens in 2019, representing about 6% of all practicing physicians. About 85% of hospitals, medical groups, and other provider venues used locum tenens ...

A big increase in the percentage of healthcare facilities seeking locum tenens physicians reflects both the physician shortage in the United States and the growing turnover among employed doctors ...

More doctors are working locum tenens, taking a temporary job in hospitals, group practices and clinics. They choose locum tenens work for a variety of reasons: good pay, the freedom to live in a ...

Eighty-five percent of healthcare facilities have used locum tenens in the past year to fill gaps caused by a shortage of physicians, according to a new survey. Hospitals, medical groups ...

Here are five statistics about physician locum tenens employment, based on a 2009 study by LocumTenens.com 1. One-quarter of physicians who considered themselves a full- or part-time salaried ...

Locum tenens are being increasingly used in hospitals, ambulatory care centers, urgent care clinics, primary care clinics, and long-term acute care centers, and the trend shows no signs of reversing.

Thirty-seven percent of physicians and advanced practice providers that work on a locum tenens basis do it as a side job on top of an additional permanant role as a clinician, according to an April ...

Locum tenens clinicians can be a short-term solution for doctor shortages, but CMOs must plan carefully how to use them. Locum tenens physicians can plug short-term gaps in the physician workforce ...

Is Locum Tenens the Answer for You? Individually, there are ways you may be able to cope with burnout, such as volunteering, working with a career coach, asking for help within your organization ...

For decades, locum tenens firms have acted as matchmakers between physicians and health care facilities in need of additional support. According to the American Medical Association, at any given ...