Meaning of housemanship | Babel Free

Definitions

A stage of graduate medical training in the UK and many former British colonies, which follows the acquisition of an M.D., in which the new physician serves as a house officer under the supervision of a registrar or attending physician.

Examples

“Fred Shipman stayed on in Pontefract for another two years and seven months after he was fully qualified, doing a senior housemanship, during which time he acquired a diploma in child health and a diploma in obstetrics and gynaecology.”

“After his one-year housemanship at Owo, he set⟳ up his clinic and even his former colleagues who criticised him patronised his clinic for constant medical check up.”

“In Malaysia, it is compulsory for doctors to undergo⟳ housemanship for two years after completing a medical degree. During housemanship, they are rotated between six departments ‒ emergency, medical, paediatric, general surgery, orthopaedic, and obstetrics and gynaecology ‒ spending four months in each.”

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