House officer (previously often called a houseman) may refer to:
- Foundation house officer, a doctor in the first two years after qualification in a British hospital, undergoing the postgraduate Foundation Programme
- Pre-registration house officer, a British hospital doctor in the first year after qualification, phased out in 2005
- Senior house officer, a British hospital doctor in the second and third years after qualification, phased out in 2005
- A doctor holding residency in an American hospital
Famous quotes containing the words house and/or officer:
“There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly, for it is the expression of some need, and man’s needs are ignoble and disgusting like his own poor and infirm nature. The most useful place in a house is the water-closet.”
—Théophile Gautier (1811–1872)
“I who have cursed
The drunken officer of British rule, how choose
Between this Africa and the English tongue I love?
Betray them both, or give back what they give?
How can I face such slaughter and be cool?
How can I turn from Africa and live?”
—Derek Walcott (b. 1930)