Glossary

This page provides a mechanism of translating specific health workforce terms

C

CCT: UK: Certificate of Completion of Training awarded to a doctor on successful completion of post graduate training and allows the doctor to record on the specialist register. see Medical Training Pipeline

CT1/2/3: UK Doctor in training in the first, second or third year of core postgraduate training in either Surgery, Medicine or Psychiatry, see Medical Training Pipeline

F

F1/F2: UK Doctor in training in either the first or second year of the Foundation Programme see Medical Training Pipeline

H

HEE: UK: Health Education England, an England only organization that provides national leadership for planning and developing the whole healthcare and public health workforce see [1]

HRSA: USA The Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care by strengthening the health care workforce, building healthy communities and achieving health equity see [2]

L

LETB: UK Local Education Training Board, An England only organization covering a geographic area, that is responsible for local planning and commissioning see [3]

S

ST1-8: UK Doctor in post graduate specialist training who does not have to be compete for a training post to progress in their training. ST1 and ST2 levels are reserved for run through specialties see Medical Training Pipeline