Features
About this course
Locum doctors will come across a very distinct set of challenges beyond what their peers in staff grade or training jobs experience. To overcome these challenges, you will need to grow and develop a vital skill set necessary for achieving success and excellence as a locum doctor.
Whether you're already putting in the hours as a locum, or deciding whether to go ahead with additional or full time locum work, your CPD activities should help you will all aspects of your job.
To help you with this, Oxford Medical have created this new interactive online course.
- 4 Hours of interactive course material
- Look at the pros, cons, and challenges of locum work
- Develop a skill set to help you to excel in your role
- Gain an understanding from our experienced locum doctor panel
- Explore practical steps you can take to excel as a locum doctor
- Aid your revalidation with 4 CPD points
Use This Course to Either:
Reflect on your experiences as a locum
Go deeper into your into your recent experiences to reflect on practical actions to improve your performance. Learn how to develop in your day to day work.
Prepare yourself to become a locum
Explore the challenges and benefits that accomany the locum lifestyle, so that you can move into working as a locum with a full understanding of the work.
Course Modules
This online course contains 21 short modules, including:
- The locum's role
- What are the benefits of locum work
- What makes a great locum?
- Going into the unknown
- Securing suitable work
- Locum agencies and staff banks
- Employment status and finances
- Keeping on top of things
- CPD, appraisal and revalidation
- Challenges "in-post" what can go wrong?
- Maintaining continuity of patients
- If you see something "wrong"...
- If you need help...
- Awareness
- Developing and maintaining resilience
- Joining teams
- Managing trust with people you don't know
- Leaving teams
- Managing risks and opportunities
- How would you rate yourself?




