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Inverclyde Royal Hospital - Intensive Care Medicine

Individual placement description
Placement:

Intensive Care Medicine
Year:

F1
Region:

West
Hospital(s):

Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock
Main duties of placement:

Care of a wide range of medical conditions within an HDU/CCU setting. Treatment of medical emergencies including acute coronary syndromes, gastro-intestinal bleeding, acute renal failure and diabetic ketoacidosis.
Typical work pattern:

Four months spent in HDU/CCU ward with exposure to General Medicine acutely unwell patients. Seven nights spent on H@N cover. Full shifts until 9.30pm with handover at 9pm.  Weekend daytime cover 3 times in 4 month block.
Learning opportunities:
  • There are daily consultant ward rounds.
  • There is exposure to insertion of central and arterial lines and the use of non-invasive ventilation.
  • 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:

Increase confidence in the management of acutely ill medical patients and exposure to procedures with excellent supervision.
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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