Borders General Hospital - Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (2024)
Individual placement description |
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| Placement: |
Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Year: |
F2 |
| Region: |
South East |
| Hospital(s): |
Borders General Hospital, Melrose |
| Main duties of placement: | Main duties of placement: trauma meeting attendance and presentation, ward rounds, pre- and post-operative management of orthopaedic patients, assisting in theatre, pre-assessment clinic, seeing and treating patients in A+E during the day and overnight. |
| Typical work pattern: | Typical days are 8.30am to 5pm with weekend 8am-9pm and night shifts. |
| Learning opportunities: | Trauma meeting teaching. Monday and Wednesday morning junior and consultant teaching. Teaching in theatre, ward and A+E. |
| Teaching: | As above also 1 hour FY2 teaching once a week. |
| Unique selling points: | Lots of learning opportunities and working with consultants. |
| 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: 13.03.2025 at 13.28
Post Descriptors for F2
South-East region post descriptors for F2.