Housemanship
noun
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Noun
- 1 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.
"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."
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More 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."
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