4 March, 2004

Many congratulations, K!

I'm extremely pleased to tell the world that my sister is now qualified to become a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (i.e. she's passed her Part 2 surgical exams but has yet to formally receive the title); in terms of the UK medical hierarchy, a Registrar.  Oh, and she's 29 years old.

Fourteen years of standard school, and five years at medical school made her Dr. T. A further six years experience as a Junior and then Senior House Officer led her to a sequence of stunningly tough exams (costing £1,000 just to take, pass or fail). Once officially accepted into the Edinburgh College, she sheds the title 'Dr.', as UK surgeons are distinct from their medical colleagues - bizarrely, the lack of a 'Dr.' is a matter of prestige.

I don't even know her full list of titles, but at the least it'll be Ms. K. T., BSc (Hons.), BM, BS, MRCS (Ed).