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

Junior doctors' on call activities: differences in workload and work patterns among grades.

OBJECTIVE To examine the workload and work patterns of junior doctors of all grades while on call. DESIGN Pilot study of activity data self recorded by junior doctors, with the help of students during busy periods. SETTING A general surgical firm and a general medical firm based at University Hospital, Nottingham. SUBJECTS Four registrars, three senior house officers, and five preregistra...

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

Training for minor surgery in general practice during preregistration surgical posts.

OBJECTIVE To study the teaching of minor surgery to preregistration house officers in surgery and their confidence in their skills. DESIGN Questionnaire survey of consultants and vocational trainees. SETTING Trent, Oxford, and East Anglian Regional Health Authorities. SUBJECTS All consultant surgeons (n = 148) with preregistration house officers on their firm and all first year vocational...

Obstetricians on the labour ward: implications of medical staffing structures.

The 1981 Short report onmedical education in Britain recommended changes in the medical career structure.' Many other reports have addressed the fundamental problem associated with the traditional three tier structure of the consultant led team consisting of consultants, registrars, and house officers. In essence this problem arises from two conflicting requirements: the need to provide trainin...

Assessing clinical competency in medical senior house officers: how and why should we do it?

Most consultants are involved in the training and assessment of several grades of doctors in training especially senior house officers (SHOs) and specialist registrars. In the medical and other specialties there is an increasing trend towards assessing junior doctors' competency using the record of in-training assessment process for specialist registrars and using the Royal College of Physician...