Doctors

[Sue D]

Perhaps all you US nurses can help me? Despite being familiar with the terms intern, attending and resident from such shows as ER I have no idea what the exact UK equivalents are. For the record here is the UK grading system

Consultant: THe only difference between God and a consultant is that God dosen't think he's a consultant. In overall charge of a given case.

Registrar: The poor unfortunate who actually does the work. Also known for heavy ass-kissing activity.

Senior House Officer:Lethal

House Officer: 007 licensed to kill

[Janet Barclay]

I like your definitions!

Attending= fully qualified Doc

Resident=doing postgraduate speciality (years1-whatever)

Intern=doing a series of rotations usually one or two years post grad

Student intern= too dumb to know which end of the stethescope goes in his ears

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[Sue D]

Thank you for answering. It just goes to show that a rose by any other name.........