Senior house officer

Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP A senior house officer ( SHO ) is a non-consultant hospital doctor in the Republic of Ireland. SHOs are supervised in their work by consultants and registrars. In training posts these registrars and consultants oversee training and are usually their designated clinical supervisors. The same structure to junior doctor grades also applied previously in the National Health Service in the UK, and informal use of the term persists there. Contents 1 Irish usage 2 Former UK usage 2.1 British Postgraduate training 2.2 Modernising medical careers 2.3 Current status in the UK 3 United States 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Irish usage NCHD grades in order, from most junior to most senior: [1] Intern — (post-graduate year 1) Senior house officer — (PGY ≥ 2) Registrar — (PGY ≥ 3) Specialist registrar — (PGY ≥ 4) Fellow (PGY variable) In Ireland, doctors typically spend one year as an intern, before becoming...