My wife is a 10-session Staff Grade Anaesthetist.
She already earns as much as I do, and does no nights or weekends on call
(except when they bully her into covering beyond her contracted hours). I'm
glad I spent so much time specialising in General Practice.
Examinations do not translate into earnings, anywhere that I can see.
Andrew Mowat
MRCGP, DRCOG, DipIMC RCS(Ed)
GP Principal
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Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 10:16 PM
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Subject: Re: A&E middle grades at night
You're right of course, middle grade cover should be
24hrs a day - everywhere, all the time.
Staff Grade should perhaps be assessed by structured
assessment of performance and not by formal exams. Not
because they can't pass or have problems with exams.
Many of them on paper have similar qualifications to
consultants. But more because I personally believe
that assessing performance in real life is a far more
delicate system than that of exams which can be
crammed for and passed - I'm sure we have all done
that.
Staff Grade deserves adequate (at least GP Principal)
remuneration. These guys are the oil that makes a
service run - and by implication are trained.
It is not the same job as being a consultant, nor
should it be. I personally like the more hands on
aspect of the job - it's why I do medicine.
Iain
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