We are spending a lot of time in hospitals at the moment 
and I am trying to understand the hierarchy of doctorsâ titles. Can anyone enlighten me about the equivalent of consultants, senior and junior registrars, F1 and F2 etc in the UK?
There is no hierarchy of grades, one advances step by step within a single grade - I think there are 14 Ă©chelons once an interne. But there are different categories of doctors (hospital practitioners) depending on their statute.
You call them all madame or monsieur anyway.
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Thank you, that is helpful to know.
Yes I know that. No confusion with Doctor for physicians and Mr / Mrs / Miss for surgeons!
There is no change of title at such a level in France (theyâre still called Dr.), unlike the UK which reverts to plain Mr/Mrs for consultants.
I suspect the reason for that oddity is something to with imperial measurements 
The Mr / Mrs / Miss is for surgeons, because they were originally barbers.
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How many surgeons in a furlong? Answers in 50 words or less, on my desk in the morning. 
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Although you will have the chef de service for each department and in a teaching hospital Professeurs des Universités - but they are all hospital practitioners.
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Imagine getting your MRCS and FRCS and then being able to re-title yourself as a surgeon barber. 
âBy appointment to Lord Horatio Nelsonâ.
3 imperial peck
Not quite though often barbers often carried out minor procedures.
It is because surgery was an apprentice trained craft and the qualification needed was a diploma rather than a university degree - in short surgery was a practical, not academic, calling.
Hence they could not style themselves âdoctorâ.
Actually the original question has puzzled me as well, there must be a structure for training doctors in France leading to some sort of equivalent of being on the âspecialist registerâ in the UK
How does it work?
How does one know that oneâs âconsultantâ is not, in fact, straight out of medical school.
OK, the training process is (sort-of) documented here:
Easily
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