| Individual Placement Description | |
|---|---|
| Placement | General Psychiatry |
| Year | F1 |
| Region | South-East |
| Hospital(s) | Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh |
| Main Duties of Placement | Psychiatric risk assessment of patients admitted to hospital following self-harm. Psychiatric assessment of medical and surgical inpatients. |
| Typical Work Pattern | Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, but with blocks of Hospital at Night duties and a small number of weekends on-call in the self-harm service. |
| Learning Opportunities | Regular opportunities for ward-based teaching. Weekly departmental clinical meeting (2 hours). |
| Teaching | Departmental internal teaching programme 1 hour per week. Hospital FY1 teaching programme 1 hour per week. |
| Unique Selling Points | FY1 trainees report feeling they belong to the team. They also report excellent clinical supervision and training opportunities. |
| It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change. | |
