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Inverclyde Royal Hospital - General (Internal) Medicine

Individual placement description
Placement:

General Internal Medicine
Year:

F1
Region:

West
Hospital(s):

Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock
Main duties of placement:
  • Ward-based cover.
  • Ward rounds.
  • Rotations around specialities; gastroenterology & respiratory (combined ward), cardiology, rheumatology & endocrinology (combined ward). Each ward also has general medical patients. 
  • Out of hours cover for acute medicine as well as for general medical wards.
Typical work pattern:

Four months spent in a speciality ward with exposure to General Medicine. Seven nights spent on H@N cover. Full shifts until 930pm with handover at 9pm.  Weekend daytime cover 3 times in 4 month block.
Learning opportunities:

Informal ward-based teaching including teaching of skills and procedures. Monthly Morbidity and Mortality plus hospital M&M less frequently. Weekly Wednesday medical unit educational meeting. Weekly MDT meetings for some subspecialties. Thursday Core trainee-led F1 case-based teaching every second week. Friday lunchtime journal club/trainee forum.
Teaching:

Mandatory FY1 teaching programme covering the foundation programme syllabus. There are hospital postgraduate meetings at least monthly. Bi-monthly Thursday CMT-led F1 teaching.
Unique selling points:

Close and supportive working with Consultant staff. Excellent nursing and paramedical support. Smaller medical unit in close proximity to Glasgow.  Exposure to sick patients living in a poorer demographic area.
It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change.

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