junior doctor

English

Pronunciation

Noun

junior doctor (plural junior doctors)

  1. (UK) A qualified, practicing doctor who has completed graduate medical education and is undergoing postgraduate training.
    I was attended to by a junior doctor.

Usage notes

Due to misusage of the term,[1] the British Medical Association, the UK's body for medical professionals, has voted to deprecate the term "junior doctor" in favour of "resident doctor" in the future.[2]

References

  1. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/21/health-secretary-refuses-to-resume-talks-with-striking-doctors
  2. ^ https://www.bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q1549
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