1. Resident physician
The resident physician is under the attending physician and is a junior professional title. In the industry, this is simply called a “resident.” Their main responsibilities are to complete basic medical work, including treating patients, recording the course of illness, prescribing medical orders under the guidance of superior physicians, performing certain clinical operations, etc. They are the first-line doctors who provide full diagnosis and treatment of patients, but they are subject to the supervision of superior physicians (the attending physician and above) guidance and supervision.
2. Attending physician
The attending physician is one level higher than the resident physician and one level lower than the deputy chief physician. It is an intermediate professional title. It is different from "attending doctor" or "attending doctor".
Each department in the inpatient department of the hospital allocates beds to doctors. The doctor in charge of each bed is called the attending doctor or attending doctor by patients and colleagues. They can be composed of resident doctors and attending doctors. and deputy chief physician.
3. Deputy Chief Physician
Deputy Chief Physician is a kind of professional title for doctors. It is below the Chief Physician and above the Attending Physician. It is a deputy senior professional title. Generally, it is also referred to as "director", and patients use this as an honorific title.
4. Chief Physician
Chief Physician is currently the highest level among doctors and belongs to the senior level. Chief physician is a professional title, and its level is equivalent to that of a professor in a medical school. Some chief physicians are also awarded the title of "professor" and undertake certain scientific research and teaching tasks.
Extended information
The difference between resident physician and chief resident physician: the former is the professional title and the latter is the position name. Large hospitals require doctors to engage in medical work as "chief resident physician" before being promoted from resident physician to attending physician. The characteristic is that they must not leave the ward or the vicinity 24 hours a day, and the general period is one year.
In the hospital, their status is higher than that of ordinary residents, but not as good as that of attending physicians. The chief residents of some hospitals arrange shifts at the same time and perform the functions of "secretary to the department director" or "director of the administrative department" on their behalf.
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