Is it time to say goodbye to ‘junior doctors’?
A UK report argues the term is demeaning, confusing for patients and should be ditched
A report in the UK has called for the term ‘junior doctor’ to be abandoned, arguing it is demeaning and anachronistic to doctors early in their careers.
Many so-called ‘junior doctors’ are in their 30s and 40s, doing highly responsible, skilled work, yet sound as though they are inexperienced, says the report’s author, orthopaedic surgeon Dr Scarlett McNally.
