title: Appointment of preregistration house officers.
abstract: A new programme to try and match the preferences of students and consultants in preregistration appointments has been designed after a survey of student opinion. It is based on five main principles: a standardized change-over date for posts; holding only one post in a teaching hospital; separate application for house physician and house surgeon appointments; application six months before the post becomes vacant; and two rounds for matching preferences.The programme has now been working successfully for a year and experience suggests that the ideal administrative size for it is that of a region or area health authority.
mesh_terms: D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D013337:Students, Medical