Today, one can find internal medicine locum tenens is all kinds of health care settings including university hospitals, community hospitals, clinics, group and private practices. And, because people are living longer, those facilities and practices can't keep up the demand hiring full or part-time staff and turn to locum tenens as a viable alternative.

Internal medicine locum tenens allow physicians to get paid for their services or a certain contracted period of time by taking on the responsibilities of diagnosing and treating patients that present with internal problems. Some internal medicine physicians love the lifestyle of locum tenens, because these positions allow for traveling all over the world and learning the ways of many different internal medicine practices as well as the cultural habits of the area. Others choose locums because they allow a physician to 'test the waters' in an area or within a group before making a full-time commitment. There are also those in an internal medicine practice that like the thought of going to a rural area with fewer physicians and a dire need for internists to fill vacant positions for an extended period of time.

More and more hospitals, clinics and practices are finding that internal medicine locum tenens fill many of their staffing needs and because the qualifications of internal medicine locum tenens are the same as those required for full-time staff, these facilities and practices trust the temporary physician they are hiring. Most agencies have listings of qualified internal medicine physicians and carefully check all physician records and certifications to make sure they are placing only the finest in the field. An agency's reputation and successful business depends on this.
They must make sure that a physician has the proper credentials and to entice a physician will often add benefits that include malpractice insurance, travel and living arrangements.

Internal medicine locum tenens appeal to younger and older physicians. Some of the younger physicians just out of residency training will elect to go with a locum tenens position before returning to training for a more specialized field of medicine. They may work as a locum for a year and then do a fellowship for a year before looking for a full-time staff position. Older physicians are attracted to the shorter contracts internal medicine locum tenens
often offer, allowing them to work for a period of time and then take an extended period of time off. Within these two groups, there are those who prefer to make locum tenens in internal medicine a full-time experience. While others may take on a locum to supplement their income by taking on weekend contracts. However, most locum tenens are offered for six months or more.

As far as salary goes, the more the need usually the more income a physician will receive for an internal medicine locum tenens contract. Also certification and experience counts in determining wages. With the great demand to fill locum tenens any physician considering should contact a locum tenens medical agency today.