Locum practice by recent family medicine graduates

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Table 2.

Main reason for doing a locum: N = 152.

REASONS	N (%)
To gain experience and increase competence	71 (46.7)
To allow lifestyle options (eg, travel, time off)	29 (19.1)
To delay commitment to a specific practice	19 (12.5)
To shop for practices	11 (7.2)
To increase earning power	6 (3.9)
Other	10 (6.6)
No response	6 (3.9)

Table 3.

Main reason for leaving locum style of practice: N = 117.*

REASONS	N (%)
Settled into a practice	61 (52.1)
Style did not fit with personal philosophy of family medicine	18 (15.4)
Career choice of spouse or partner	9 (7.7)
Exhaustion	5 (4.3)
Other	12 (10.3)
No response	12 (10.3)