Glossary of Common Terms Associated with Hospital Staff
Almost every profession has what they call a jargon that is all their own, otherwise known as their very own glossary. How about the people in the medical profession? Do they have a jargon or glossary that’s all their own?
To guide you through, here is a glossary of some of the most common terms associated with the medical field. This glossary will be dealing particularly with the medical hierarchy–in other words, the people who are running a medical institution. Read on:
* Chief attending physician - This refers to the attending physician who handles one whole department in the hospital. Under him are attending physicians, who oversees the performances of medical residents, who, in turn, attend to medical interns.
* Attending physicians - These are doctors who have completed training for their respective medical specializations and are in charge of specific sub-departments. This means that they perform leadership roles such as maintaining the facilities, training, and facilitating the medical residents under their jurisdiction, and they attend to patients as well.
* Medical residents - Medical interns advance to become medical residents once they pass the medical board and intern exams. Medical residents are doctors who can legally practice medicine provided that they are supervised by attending physicians. That’s because, as of the moment, medical residents do not have a particular specialization yet. Medical residents are also assigned to teach and oversee medical interns.
* Medical interns - These are fresh graduates from medical school and are on their first year as residents in the hospital. They are not licensed to practice medicine yet because during this time, the results of their medical exams have not yet been released. But just so they can have hands-on experience, medical interns are allowed to assist in some surgical procedures.
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