Scottish Medical Training

Individual Placement Description
Placement	General Psychiatry
Year	F1
Region	South-East
Hospital(s)	Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
Main Duties of Placement	Psychiatric assessment of medical and surgical patients in a busy General Hospital with a range of specialties including Oncology and Infectious Diseases. Evening and weekend work in Acute Medicine in the Acute Receiving Unit WGH.
Typical Work Pattern	9am - 5pm work in department of Psychological Medicine. Evening and weekend shifts in Acute Medicine on compliant rota.
Learning Opportunities	Regular opportunities for ward-based teaching. Daily departmental clinical reviews of referred patients.
Teaching	Hospital FY1 teaching programme 1 hour per week. Hospital Grand Round 1 hour per week. Regular department teaching sessions.
Unique Selling Points	FY1 trainees report feeling they are valued members of 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.

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