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Carseview Centre - General Psychiatry

Individual placement description
Placement:

General Psychiatry
Year:

F2
Region:

East
Hospital(s):

Carseview Centre, Dundee
Main duties of placement:
  • Continuity of patient care.
  • Acute assessment of acutely disturbed patients.
  • Health screen checks and ongoing investigation.
  • The community part of the placement involves:
    • assessment of new patients referred to the team.
    • follow up with medication switches and ongoing review of their mental state.
  • Additional duties include ECT and on call.
  • Team meetings once per week in the community.
  • Bi-weekly consultant ward meetings.
  • Dictating admission notes and discharge summaries.
  • Attending tribunal meetings for switching patients from emergency detention to short term detention and from short term to compulsory treatment order.
Typical work pattern:
  • Part of 1 in 11 on-call rota.
  • Outpatient clinics twice weekly.
Learning opportunities:
  • Twice weekly MDT meetings.
  • Weekly journal club meeting.
  • Consultants encourage development of a teaching plan.
  • Opportunities for audit and research.
Teaching:
  • FY2 teaching as per delivered education programme.
  • Weekly teaching sessions where cases and their management are discussed.
  • Trainees encouraged to present at weekly meetings.
  • Opportunity to teach medical students and junior doctors.
  • Opportunities to get invovled with management in order to improve patient care.
Unique selling points:
  • Direct contact with consultant.
  • Friendly learning environment.
  • Great opportunities for learning.
  • Opportunity to enhance communication skills.
  • Develop further awareness of Mental Health Act.
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: 13.01.2025 at 10.09

Post Descriptors for F2

East region post descriptors for F2.