| Many doctors enjoy working in family practice jobs. | | | | established a great relationship with their doctor. Family |
| Many family doctors enjoy the opportunity to care for | | | | practice jobs in general will require doctors to be tied |
| their patients from birth clear into their adulthood, and | | | | to one location for an extended period of time if they |
| will often care for entire families as well. This extended | | | | want to develop long-term relationships with their |
| relationship with patients creates a bond between | | | | patients and build their practice. While some doctors |
| doctor and patient that you often won't find elsewhere | | | | enjoy the stability, others find this lifestyle to be |
| with other types of doctors, and often both doctor and | | | | mundane. So locum tenens jobs in this area provide |
| patient enjoy the benefits of knowing and trusting in | | | | doctors with the ability to travel to various locations on |
| each other for an extended period of time. | | | | a regular basis rather than be tied to a certain location, |
| There are times, however, when that trusted family | | | | and there is a sense of freedom with this ability. |
| doctor needs to take some time off from work, and | | | | Many locum tenens are well-compensated with high |
| he or she in turn will need to find someone who can | | | | pay and other benefits such as housing, travel, |
| step in and cover his duties. These locum tenens | | | | malpractice insurance, and even licensing costs |
| family practice jobs are often popular with locum | | | | compensated. If you have been considering a job in |
| tenens doctors as they give the doctor a chance to | | | | family medicine but have been turned off by the |
| slip in a care for patients where a lengthy medical | | | | long-term commitment to one location, you should |
| history is available and for patients who have | | | | consider the benefits that locum tenens jobs offer. |