Modernising Medical Careers


Modernising Medical Careers

An initiative launched in 2003 by the Learning and Policy Development Section of the UK Department of Health and spearheaded by the NHS to update the post-graduate training of junior doctors in the UK.
Tangible changes
Pre-registration house officers (PRHOs) became Foundation Year 1 (FY1); senior house officers (SHOs) became FY2s. Specialist Registrar (SpRs) posts were replaced by Specialist Training (ST1, ST2, ST3) posts, or so-called “run-through training”.