Emergency SpR/Reg.

Tango November.

People im trying to find out what Emergency SpR/Reg means but i cant seem to figure out what it means it came form a different fourm which was locked so I didn't get a chance to reply to it.But from what I can get it's a type of doctor in CUH and they resopnds to emergancy calls.

This was also in the fourm someone might no and eplain them to me.

"are the doc's working out of CUH emergency med or anaesthesiologists? "

I would be very interested in this kind of thing when I leave school so all help would be much apprecaited.

coolmoose

An SpR is a Specialist Registrar, an doctor who has completed advanced training in a specialised field, with a view to becoming a consultant. It normally takes 4-6 years post registration training in the specialised field to become an SpR. Therefore an SpR in Emergency Medicine is a doctor who has undertaken specialty training in Emergency Medicine for the past number of years, and most likely wishes to become an EM Consultant.

SpRs are not just limited to emergency medicine or the CUH, they are in all fields and most hospitals.

The career path in medicine would look like: Intern>House Officer/Senior House Officer>Reg>SpR>Consultant

Again, it varies depending on specialties.

The questions regarding the docs working out of CUH: the OP wanted to know if the Doctors manning the response car were trained in Emergency Medicine or if they were Anaesthetists (anesthesiologist would be a US English term for this).

HTH

Tango November.

Thanks for that !

I have heard of a paramedic becomming a doctor. He was a p.medic for a few years and then done nursing an moved onto become a doctor !

would this be an easy thing to do ?

maglite

No.

coolmoose

Tango November. wrote: »

Thanks for that !

I have heard of a paramedic becomming a doctor. He was a p.medic for a few years and then done nursing an moved onto become a doctor !

would this be an easy thing to do ?

well it would involve undertaking 4 years pre-registration nursing education, and then 4-5 years undergraduate medical education. there are no direct entry or shortcut paths from Paramedic to Doctor, Paramedic to Nurse, Nurse to Doctor, Nurse to Paramedic etc.

In essence maglite's post is extremely brief...but extremely accurate.

Sitric

That's exactly what I was wondering, it's different in different places, some countries it's EM that go out on pre hospital calls, sometimes(germany, france, norway etc) it's anaesthetists (Spelling this has always killed me, never mind pronouncing it!)

With regard to your question, I have two friends, one was a paramedic in the states before doing med, the other was a nurse for a few years before doing med. Both fantastic backgrounds to have starting off but it's the long way round! It also meant they had pretty well paid job opportunities in the summer breaks.