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Pay as you go, or go as you're paid? Life on the locum circuit

Author(s) -

Hillam Richard

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

in practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2042-7689

pISSN - 0263-841X

DOI - 10.1136/inpract.27.3.164

Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , private practice , medicine , public relations , law , management , psychology , political science , family medicine , economics , computer science , artificial intelligence

‘LOCUM – a person who stands in temporarily for another member of the same profession, especially for a physician, chemist or clergyman’ (Collins English Dictionary). After two or three years in private practice, or on completion of a university residency, some veterinary surgeons decide that they would like a period of more flexible working conditions. As Richard Hillam explains, life as a locum can provide valuable experience in a variety of clinical environments, while offering the freedom to travel, study or pursue other interests. However, it is important to be aware that this freedom comes at a price.

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