Specialty registrar
Specialty registrar
Specialty registrar (SpR) is a stage of medical training in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia. It is a postgraduate level of training where a medical practitioner is trained to become a consultant in a specific field of medicine.
Pronunciation
Specialty registrar is pronounced as /ˈspɛʃəlti rɪˈdʒɪstrɑːr/.
Etymology
The term "specialty registrar" is derived from the words "specialty", which refers to a particular branch of medicine, and "registrar", which is a term used in the UK and other countries to denote a senior hospital trainee position.
Related Terms
- Consultant: A senior doctor who has completed all of their specialist training and been placed on the specialist register in their chosen specialty.
- Foundation Doctor: A newly qualified doctor in the UK undergoing a two-year, general postgraduate medical training programme which forms the bridge between medical school and specialist/general practice training.
- Medical Education: Education related to the practice of being a medical practitioner, either the initial training to become a doctor or further training thereafter.
- Postgraduate Education: The learning and training in the academic world that accompanies the attainment of a bachelor's degree or higher.
- Medical Practitioner: A type of doctor with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery or equivalent degree who is provisionally registered or fully registered with a medical board or an equivalent regulatory authority.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Specialty registrar
- Wikipedia's article - Specialty registrar
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