{"id":91470,"date":"2021-03-21T04:35:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T04:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=91470"},"modified":"2022-08-24T07:33:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T07:33:49","slug":"intern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/intern\/","title":{"rendered":"Intern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A medical graduate who is working in a hospital before being licensed to practise medicine.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Physician (graduate of a medical school) in the first postgraduate year, learning under the supervision of more experienced physicians in a hospital; sometimes called a first-year resident.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A resident in the first year of hospital training after medical school. An intern is able to practice medicine only under the supervision of an attending physician. Today interns are more frequently referred to as first-year residents.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A medical or dental graduate, living in a hospital, who assists and receives instruction from a resident in preparation for being licensed to practice medicine or dentistry.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A person who has already had formal training in a profession who is now obtaining supervised practical training. The term is no longer restricted to physicians; in fact, the physician intern of the past is now called a first year resident physician.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>An American term for a doctor-in-training who carries out his or her duties and learns in hospital, usually spending some of his\/her time living there. The terms preferred in the UK were house officer or senior house officer (SHO), but the latter has now been replaced by Foundation Year 1 (FY1), FY2 etc.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A physician or surgeon on a hospital staff, usually a recent graduate receiving a year of postgraduate training before being eligible to be licensed to practice medicine.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A medical graduate who is working in a hospital before being licensed to practise medicine. Physician (graduate of a medical school) in the first postgraduate year, learning under the supervision of more experienced physicians in a hospital; sometimes called a first-year resident. A resident in the first year of hospital training after medical school. An [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-i"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Intern - Definition of Intern<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A medical graduate who is working in a hospital before being licensed to practise medicine.Physician (graduate of a medical school) in the first postgraduate year, learning under the supervision of more experienced physicians in a hospital; sometimes called a first-year resident.A resident in the first year of hospital training after medical school. An intern is able to practice medicine only under the supervision of an attending physician. Today interns are more frequently referred to as first-year residents.A medical or dental graduate, living in a hospital, who assists and receives instruction from a resident in preparation for being licensed to practice medicine or dentistry.A person who has already had formal training in a profession who is now obtaining supervised practical training. The term is no longer restricted to physicians; in fact, the physician intern of the past is now called a first year resident physician.An American term for a doctor-in-training who carries out his or her duties and learns in hospital, usually spending some of his\/her time living there. The terms preferred in the UK were house officer or senior house officer (SHO), but the latter has now been replaced by Foundation Year 1 (FY1), FY2 etc.A physician or surgeon on a hospital staff, usually a recent graduate receiving a year of postgraduate training before being eligible to be licensed to practice medicine.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/intern\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Intern - Definition of Intern\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A medical graduate who is working in a hospital before being licensed to practise medicine.Physician (graduate of a medical school) in the first postgraduate year, learning under the supervision of more experienced physicians in a hospital; sometimes called a first-year resident.A resident in the first year of hospital training after medical school. An intern is able to practice medicine only under the supervision of an attending physician. Today interns are more frequently referred to as first-year residents.A medical or dental graduate, living in a hospital, who assists and receives instruction from a resident in preparation for being licensed to practice medicine or dentistry.A person who has already had formal training in a profession who is now obtaining supervised practical training. The term is no longer restricted to physicians; in fact, the physician intern of the past is now called a first year resident physician.An American term for a doctor-in-training who carries out his or her duties and learns in hospital, usually spending some of his\/her time living there. The terms preferred in the UK were house officer or senior house officer (SHO), but the latter has now been replaced by Foundation Year 1 (FY1), FY2 etc.A physician or surgeon on a hospital staff, usually a recent graduate receiving a year of postgraduate training before being eligible to be licensed to practice medicine.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/intern\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-21T04:35:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-24T07:33:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/intern\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/intern\/\",\"name\":\"Intern - Definition of Intern\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-21T04:35:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-24T07:33:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\"},\"description\":\"A medical graduate who is working in a hospital before being licensed to practise medicine.Physician (graduate of a medical school) in the first postgraduate year, learning under the supervision of more experienced physicians in a hospital; sometimes called a first-year resident.A resident in the first year of hospital training after medical school. An intern is able to practice medicine only under the supervision of an attending physician. Today interns are more frequently referred to as first-year residents.A medical or dental graduate, living in a hospital, who assists and receives instruction from a resident in preparation for being licensed to practice medicine or dentistry.A person who has already had formal training in a profession who is now obtaining supervised practical training. The term is no longer restricted to physicians; in fact, the physician intern of the past is now called a first year resident physician.An American term for a doctor-in-training who carries out his or her duties and learns in hospital, usually spending some of his\/her time living there. The terms preferred in the UK were house officer or senior house officer (SHO), but the latter has now been replaced by Foundation Year 1 (FY1), FY2 etc.A physician or surgeon on a hospital staff, usually a recent graduate receiving a year of postgraduate training before being eligible to be licensed to practice medicine.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/intern\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/intern\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/intern\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Intern\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"description\":\"Difinitions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Intern - Definition of Intern","description":"A medical graduate who is working in a hospital before being licensed to practise medicine.Physician (graduate of a medical school) in the first postgraduate year, learning under the supervision of more experienced physicians in a hospital; sometimes called a first-year resident.A resident in the first year of hospital training after medical school. An intern is able to practice medicine only under the supervision of an attending physician. Today interns are more frequently referred to as first-year residents.A medical or dental graduate, living in a hospital, who assists and receives instruction from a resident in preparation for being licensed to practice medicine or dentistry.A person who has already had formal training in a profession who is now obtaining supervised practical training. The term is no longer restricted to physicians; in fact, the physician intern of the past is now called a first year resident physician.An American term for a doctor-in-training who carries out his or her duties and learns in hospital, usually spending some of his\/her time living there. The terms preferred in the UK were house officer or senior house officer (SHO), but the latter has now been replaced by Foundation Year 1 (FY1), FY2 etc.A physician or surgeon on a hospital staff, usually a recent graduate receiving a year of postgraduate training before being eligible to be licensed to practice medicine.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/intern\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Intern - Definition of Intern","og_description":"A medical graduate who is working in a hospital before being licensed to practise medicine.Physician (graduate of a medical school) in the first postgraduate year, learning under the supervision of more experienced physicians in a hospital; sometimes called a first-year resident.A resident in the first year of hospital training after medical school. An intern is able to practice medicine only under the supervision of an attending physician. Today interns are more frequently referred to as first-year residents.A medical or dental graduate, living in a hospital, who assists and receives instruction from a resident in preparation for being licensed to practice medicine or dentistry.A person who has already had formal training in a profession who is now obtaining supervised practical training. The term is no longer restricted to physicians; in fact, the physician intern of the past is now called a first year resident physician.An American term for a doctor-in-training who carries out his or her duties and learns in hospital, usually spending some of his\/her time living there. The terms preferred in the UK were house officer or senior house officer (SHO), but the latter has now been replaced by Foundation Year 1 (FY1), FY2 etc.A physician or surgeon on a hospital staff, usually a recent graduate receiving a year of postgraduate training before being eligible to be licensed to practice medicine.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/intern\/","og_site_name":"Glossary","article_published_time":"2021-03-21T04:35:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-24T07:33:49+00:00","author":"Glossary","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glossary","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/intern\/","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/intern\/","name":"Intern - Definition of Intern","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-03-21T04:35:13+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-24T07:33:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5"},"description":"A medical graduate who is working in a hospital before being licensed to practise medicine.Physician (graduate of a medical school) in the first postgraduate year, learning under the supervision of more experienced physicians in a hospital; sometimes called a first-year resident.A resident in the first year of hospital training after medical school. An intern is able to practice medicine only under the supervision of an attending physician. Today interns are more frequently referred to as first-year residents.A medical or dental graduate, living in a hospital, who assists and receives instruction from a resident in preparation for being licensed to practice medicine or dentistry.A person who has already had formal training in a profession who is now obtaining supervised practical training. The term is no longer restricted to physicians; in fact, the physician intern of the past is now called a first year resident physician.An American term for a doctor-in-training who carries out his or her duties and learns in hospital, usually spending some of his\/her time living there. The terms preferred in the UK were house officer or senior house officer (SHO), but the latter has now been replaced by Foundation Year 1 (FY1), FY2 etc.A physician or surgeon on a hospital staff, usually a recent graduate receiving a year of postgraduate training before being eligible to be licensed to practice medicine.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/intern\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/intern\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/intern\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Intern"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/","name":"Glossary","description":"Difinitions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5","name":"Glossary","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91470"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178626,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91470\/revisions\/178626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}