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Dudhope Young Peoples Inpatient Unit - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2024)

Individual placement description
Placement:

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Year:

F1
Region:

East
Hospital(s):

Dudhope House, Dundee
Main duties of placement:
  • Develop skills in the assessment, diagnosis and immediate management of young people with mental health disorders.
  • Develop skills in the assessment, diagnosis and management of physical health problems in children and young people
  • The FY doctor is responsible for the initial clerking, immediate management plan (in discussion with senior medical staff), drug prescriptions and physical examination (including initial blood tests and ECG) of patients admitted to the YPU
  • Venepuncture of patients (negotiated with nursing staff, some of whom do venepuncture)
  • Requesting further investigations e.g. CT, MRI scans
  • Discussion and where appropriate, referral to other medical/surgical specialties 
  • Physical health risk assessments as per care plan (MEED), antipsychotic monitoring and medication side effect rating scales in conjunction with the specialty doctor
  • Attendance at all clinical meetings
  • Attendance at weekly psychiatric supervision with clinical/educational supervisor
  • Completion of Discharge Documents through Clinical Portal
Typical work pattern:

Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

Shift work in medical wards in Ninewells Hospital
Learning opportunities:
  • Portfolio work
  • Teaching sessions in medical school for psychiatric block (October)
  • Research/audit/QI
  • Shadowing the MDT
  • Shadowing in outpatient CAMHS clinic
  • Postgraduate psychiatry training 
Teaching:
  • Foundation teaching
  • Scenario based learning
  • Thursday morning online postgraduate teaching
  • 1 hour consultant clinical supervision per week 
Unique selling points:
  • Interesting cases/patients.
  • Interesting change from normal ward-based job.
  • Regular consultant supervision
  • Shadowing other members of the MDT
It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change.

This page was last updated on: 20.03.2025 at 10.40

Post Descriptors for F1

East region post descriptors for F1.