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[Dupree]

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I'm interested in finding out more about locum work as a general surgeon. I'd be interested in knowing:

1.Is it difficult to find locum work as a board-certified/eligible general surgeon after residency (i.e. can you do only locum work and still make a decent living)?

2.Are you still responsible for postop care of the patient if you are the locum surgeon? If so, for how long?

I've become interested in this recently because it seems like a very flexible option in that you are not tied down to a single private practice or academic institution with set hours and all of it's internal politics. You do your job, get paid, and move on. And you can be flexible with how long you take between jobs. But I've only began researching this recently so if someone knows about it (both the pros and cons) please share.

 

[GMO2003]

I'm interested in finding out more about locum work as a general surgeon. I'd be interested in knowing:

1.Is it difficult to find locum work as a board-certified/eligible general surgeon after residency (i.e. can you do only locum work and still make a decent living)?

2.Are you still responsible for postop care of the patient if you are the locum surgeon? If so, for how long?

I've become interested in this recently because it seems like a very flexible option in that you are not tied down to a single private practice or academic institution with set hours and all of it's internal politics. You do your job, get paid, and move on. And you can be flexible with how long you take between jobs. But I've only began researching this recently so if someone knows about it (both the pros and cons) please share.

if rads guys are pulling in $1500-2500/day doing locum work...why can't a decent general surgeon get $10,000/wk for an honest day's work

 

[Dupree]

if rads guys are pulling in $1500-2500/day doing locum work...why can't a decent general surgeon get $10,000/wk for an honest day's work

That's exactly what I was thinking and why I became interested in it. Well not exactly pulling in $10,000 for a day's work, but you get the picture. But you know what they say about things that sound too good to be true.

 

[toofache32]

What's a locum?

 

[pseudoknot]

locum is latin for place...locum tenens literally means 'place holding'