| Placement |
General Psychiatry
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| Year | F2 |
| Region | East |
| Hospital(s) |
Carseview Centre, Dundee
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| Main Duties of Placement
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- 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.
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| Typical Work Pattern
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- Part of 1 in 11 on-call rota.
- Outpatient clinics twice weekly.
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| Learning Opportunities
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- Twice weekly MDT meetings.
- Weekly journal club meeting.
- Consultants encourage development of a teaching plan.
- Opportunities for audit and research.
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| Teaching
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- 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.
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| Unique Selling Points
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- Direct contact with consultant.
- Friendly learning environment.
- Great opportunities for learning.
- Opportunity to enhance communication skills.
- Develop further awareness of Mental Health Act.
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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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