It's my understanding that so called junior doctors have to continue varied functional roles ie A & E, pediatrics GP, etc for a period of time before being considered fully qualified. So five years of study and then, I believe three or four further years, to be fully "qualified". Wow. Hat tip to all.
just to let you know ive started a new thread if people have questions but in response to this
The standard training is a 5 year degree after A levels.
Once you've done the degree you can call yourself Dr ( forever , even if you never work another day in your life )
Once you graduate from a UK med school you have provisional registration with the General Medical Council GMC
You must work in a recognised supervised role in an NHS hospital to move from being provisionally registered to fully registered.
Once fully registered you can then apply for training in whatever you want to do.
Your a junior Dr from when you graduate until your a consultant. Its really just a name, is a Dr who has worked for 15 years junior ( not really ) but from a contact POV you are
You could if you want , do your degree and then move to say Canada and work there or Australia or the states ( you need to do their exams though ) and never work a day in the NHS. But then you wouldn't get your full GMC registration so you couldn't work in UK unless you go and do a job that is recognised as a training job for junior Drs to get full registration.
Med school approx 5 years ( I did 8 and two degrees )
Foundation Programme 2 years ( the basic first two years in hospital everyone does- you get full GMC registration after the first year )
Then you pick what you want to do, GP , Surgery, Medicine, Psychiatry etc etc and move on to the various training programme for that
6- 10 years approx
There's also lots of exams after your degree you must do to progress. They cost thousands of pounds, and you have to pay for them yourself. and you only have a certain number of attempts ( no pressure there )
So essentially the degree gives you the title. A minimum one year after the degree gets you on the GMC register. but if you don't want to work in UK you don't have to.
Most people stay in the UK after the degree and jump on the moving train that is UK training...... - But , and this is were it gets unpleasant for juniors , you have really minimal control over where in the nation you work. The process for applying for jobs means you apply to an area and have to be ranked and scored and then you may get a job in an area for example. You have almost no control over where you go, its not very fair or nice, but it is what it is.
University £9250 x 5 years = £46250 (university fees only- not including cost of living accommodation food drink
etc etc
You can borrow from the UK student loan company and then the repayments start when you work and you pay it back as a salary sacrifice.
Starting salary for a Foundation Year 1 Dr is £28,808
I left med school with approx £95000 debt. My dad worked in a factory and my mother an office assistant. There are NO grants or freebies.
Im now debt free
Hope that covers it. Anything else hit me up on my thread The Dr Speaks