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.

The COVID-19 pandemic took a significant toll on healthcare providers. As a result, many physicians and advanced practitioners are now on a quest for greater flexibility, work-life balance and meaning ...

Once you've decided to do locum work, your next step will be to connect with a locum firm. It's wise to go in with your eyes open when dealing with these firms. There are over 100 locum firms, about ...

As physicians, we all know about burnout—whether experienced by those around us, or by ourselves. Burnout is defined by the American Medical Association (AMA) as a long-term stress reaction that may ...

Demand for locum tenens clinicians, which has grown steadily in the last twenty years, got a big boost during the pandemic.

Working arrangements for locum doctors pose significant patient safety challenges for the NHS in England, although there are opportunities to be grasped too, finds qualitative research involving a ...

Locums work allows nephrologist Dr. King to indulge not only her affinity for travel but also her passion for patient care. “Maybe I could have made a go of my own practice,” she said, “but being a ...