Registrars and senior house officers in psychiatry

Registrars and senior house officers in post in the Trent Region in 1982.

The career structure initiative of the chief medical officer' and Mrs Renee Short's report on medical education2 have focused attention on the imbalance in the medical career structure. Because of the suggestion that there should be an increase in the number of consultants and the amount of care provided by fully trained doctors it was decided that the characteristics of doctors occupying train...

Part time senior registrars, registrars, and senior house officers in general medicine and its specialties: a report to the Royal College of physicians.

Education of senior house officers: current challenges.

Over recent years several factors have impacted upon the education of doctors in training in medicine and other specialties. These factors include the European Working Time Directive and shift patterns of working, increasing service demands, changes in the examination and assessment processes, and clinical governance issues. In addition, over the next few years further changes will take place w...

Senior house officers: the lost tribes.

There are more senior house officers than doctors in any other training grade in Britain but nobody knows what they do in hospitals or has a clear idea what skills they should be learning. Nobody is responsible for them and they suffer from having a poor career structure and inadequate training. Now that there are government initiatives to reduce the hours that junior doctors work and to limit ...

Trauma courses for senior house officers.