| Family practice jobs are definitely the right job | | | | convenience. |
| opportunity for many new medical professionals to | | | | While many doctors look forward to the prospect of |
| pursue, but for others this is simply not a great fit. The | | | | living the American dream of working in the same job |
| job offers many features that some consider to be | | | | every day and coming home to the same house |
| benefits but that others may find overbearing and | | | | every day, other doctors don't find this quite so |
| even burdensome. How do you know if family | | | | appealing. Some doctors feel that they have been |
| medicine is right for you? | | | | cooped up in the same location with medical school for |
| Consider the future ahead of you and think about the | | | | years, and the last thing they want to do is enter into |
| possibilities. Does the prospect of stable employment in | | | | another long-term relationship by signing up to work in |
| one office sound appealing? Often with family practice | | | | a family medical office. These professionals often can |
| jobs, a doctor will work for several decades in the | | | | sow their wild oats and explore the world while still |
| same office, which provides the opportunity to develop | | | | working in their profession by working as a locum |
| long-term relationships with many patients. These | | | | tenens doctor. Locum tenens doctors are contract |
| positions often provide doctors with stable and far | | | | doctors that will work in one location for a few weeks |
| more traditional work hours than other positions, which | | | | up to several months before moving on to another |
| means that he or she can enjoy family dinners most | | | | location. They are often used to cover for full-time |
| evenings, go to kids' ball games on the weekends, and | | | | doctors on staff when they take a vacation or leave |
| more. Many other types of medical doctors and | | | | of absence. |
| surgeons don't have a schedule that provides this | | | | |