<P> The Internship is different from the House Officership (which may follow Internship) in the UK and many other countries, where it is not a compulsory tenure . The House Physician or the House Surgeon unlike an Intern, works in a particular department of his or her choice and is paid a monthly' salary' for his work in the hospital (especially, in the UK). The American counterpart is simply called a "Resident" or a "Resident Doctor" (i.e., a Resident Physician or a Resident Surgeon, etc .). In some parts of the world, they are also called a "Senior House Officer". </P> <P> In comparison, in India, the Internship or the House Surgeoncy or the House Officership - all are considered to be the same . And, there is no such term in common parlance as "House Physician" in India . This is because, in India, the doctor who is undergoing higher specialty training following Internship is called a "Post-Graduate student" (i.e., a Medicine PG student or a Surgery PG student, etc .). </P> <P> This is because in India, specialty training is considered to be a period of' learning' (and hence called a student and paid a stipend . And he pays a "tuition fee" for his education) whereas in other countries, it is considered a period of' training' (and hence called a resident doctor and paid a salary . And he does not pay any form of fee for this' training'). Nevertheless, some institutions in India have begun to adopt the changing patterns in the world and have started calling their' PG students' as' Residents' (or as "Junior residents") but they still pay them stipend and not a salary besides collecting tuition fees . </P> <P> Also note that in the United States, a first - year resident (c.f.: 1st year PG student, in India) is called an "Intern". This is because the American medical students do not undergo the Indian type of CRRI rotation in a hospital at the end of their medical school (c.f.: called a medical college, in India). However, the American counterpart during the last two years of medical school rotate through each clinical department which parallels the Indian CRRI training . It is also interesting to note that the American medical students are awarded the "M.D." degree at the end of 4 (four) years of medical school . So, essentially the American M.D. is equal to the Indian MBBS (despite the US - MD being 1 years short of the Indian - MBBS). Whereas an Indian - MBBS can practice independently, an US - MD cannot practice without completing the residency training (c.f.: called Post-graduate higher specialty training, in India). </P>

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