Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy - General (Internal) Medicine (2027)

Individual placement description

General (Internal) Medicine

F1

South East

Victoria Hospital (F704H) - Kirkcaldy

Daily ward rounds including at least twice weekly consultant led ward rounds.

Clerking and initial assessment of patients admitted to both Acute Medical Admissions Unit and ward.

Ongoing management and discharge planning of inpatients on the medical wards.

Assessment and management of acute problems with inpatients in conjunction with Hospital at Night team.

Hybrid rota with blocks of 8am-5pm ward-based activities and blocks of full shift pattern activities in Acute Medical Admissions Unit.

Blocks of 3 weeks ‘on call’ and 3 weeks on medical wards.

Late shifts from 12pm-8:30pm to ensure good coverage of wards in the evening and extra clinical support for busy wards in the afternoon.

On-call pattern mirroring F2 and IMT rota to improve continuity of working with the same team on Admissions Unit or night shifts.

Regular teaching on ward rounds in wards and Acute Medical Admissions Unit.

Microteaching in Acute Medical Admissions Unit (Monday to Friday).

Morbidity and Mortality Meetings and other governance meetings, specific to specialty.

Mandatory protected teaching time for:

• NHS Fife Medical Education Services F1 Core Education Programme delivering 1 hour per week.
• NHS Fife Medical Education Services F1 Core Simulation Programme delivering 3 sessions per block.

Department teaching:

• NHS Fife General Medicine Departmental Teaching Programme (weekly)

• NHS Fife Medicine for the Elderly Department Educational Meeting (weekly)

• NHS Fife Grand Round Education Programme (weekly)

Friendly hospital.

Great exposure to a broad range of medical presentations, with lost of opportunities to gain experience of managing acute medical problems and to develop clinical and practical procedural skills.