Combined Assessment Medicine/Cardiology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Individual Placement Description
Placement	Acute Internal Medicine, General (Internal) Medicine and Cardiology
Year	F1
Region	South-East
Hospital(s)	Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Main Duties of Placement	Acute Medicine: Clerking acute medical admissions, going on consultant ward rounds (8am and 4.30pm), reviewing unwell patients, liaising with other specialties both within and beyond RIE. Cardiology: Accompanying senior team members on ward rounds and doing ward jobs such as discharge letters. There is no CCU component to the F1 job
Typical Work Pattern	Acute Medicine: This job is full shift, with blocks of day (08.00 to 18.00), late (16.30 to 23.00) and night (22.00 to 09.00) shifts. Cardiology: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm with late cover till 9.30pm once or twice a week. Weekend cover is provided approximately once a month and the F1 contributes to the Hospital at Night rota.
Learning Opportunities	Teaching on ward rounds. There is a multi-disciplinary team meeting with cardiothoracics on Friday lunchtimes and monthly morbidity and mortality meetings.
Teaching	Hospital F1 teaching programme 1 hour per week (Tuesday). Acute Medicine teaching programme 1 hour per week (Friday).
Unique Selling Points	Assessing medical patients who are acutely ill, consultant teaching on ward rounds.
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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