Well, actually we do, Dewey - they are usually nurses or such who have received special training to act as 'mini' doctors in reviewing patients on the ward and in clinic, assessing progress, recommending further treatment like physio etc. They also assist at surgery and often close up wounds to release the consultant to start another case. They tend to be called something like orthopaedic assistants. Some also get further trained up to do minor surgery - a dear friend of mine I worked with in theatre (he was a stonking good scrub nurse) now runs his own clinics for carpal tunnel syndrome. He sees new patients, assesses them for surgery, carries out the surgery on his own session time in theatre and reviews them after. They never see a doctor! But he is fast become much more expert at this than the surgeons. There are several such OAs in the UK dealing with carpal tunnel and they have an extremely high success rate - much higher than the surgeons ever did!
kneeper, a registrar is a surgeon with the appropriate qualification, in this case an FRCS (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons), a mandatory qualification for anyone intending to carry out surgery. More than your board certification as they can be prosecuted for performing unsupervised surgery without it. It takes them about 5 years study and practice to get their FRCS and then they do post-grad training for another 5 years in a programme after which they can then take on an appointment as a consultant surgeon with all the concomitant responsibilities and expectations of expertise. So in essence, they are senior surgeons in training!
kneeper, a registrar is a surgeon with the appropriate qualification, in this case an FRCS (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons), a mandatory qualification for anyone intending to carry out surgery. More than your board certification as they can be prosecuted for performing unsupervised surgery without it. It takes them about 5 years study and practice to get their FRCS and then they do post-grad training for another 5 years in a programme after which they can then take on an appointment as a consultant surgeon with all the concomitant responsibilities and expectations of expertise. So in essence, they are senior surgeons in training!