2024 Survey of Locum Tenens Physicians and Advanced Practitioners
MANY OPTIONS FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE The COVID-19 pandemic caused people in many walks of life to reassess where, when and how they work. This was particularly true for physicians and other healthcare professionals who were at ground zero of the pandemic. Physicians who are reassessing where and how they work have many options from which to choose if they elect to make a change. According to AMN Healthcare’s 2023 Survey of Final-Year Medical Residents , the majority of physicians receive 100 or more job solicitations from recruiters during their training.
FINAL-YEAR RESIDENTS RECEIVING 100 OR MORE JOB SOLICITATIONS
2023
56%
2021
30%
2019
45%
2017
50%
2014
46%
Source: Survey of Final-Year Medical Residents. AMN Healthcare. 2023
Physicians today can choose from a variety of job offers, and also from a variety of practice styles and settings. These may include working in private practice, as an employee of a hospital, medical group, insurance company, or other organization, part-time status, a non-clinical administrative position or locum tenens.
More Physicians Choosing Locum Tenens As provider shortages, burnout and turnover increase, a growing number of healthcare professionals have chosen to work on temporary assignments rather than in permanent, full-time roles. These include “travel” nurses and allied health professionals, but also physicians and APPs working locum tenens. In 2019, AMN Healthcare Physician Solutions (then known as Staff Care) estimated that 52,000 physicians work as locum tenens each year, up from 26,000 in 2002. That number is likely higher today, though exact figures are difficult to determine. The 2024 Survey of Locum Tenens Physicians and Advanced Practitioners provides insights into why a growing number of physicians and APPs are choosing the “locums life” during a time of healthcare workforce volatility.
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