| Individual Placement Description | |
|---|---|
| Placement | General Surgery with Colorectal |
| Year | F2 |
| Region | South-East |
| Hospital(s) | Western General Hospital, Edinburgh |
| Main Duties of Placement | You are largely in ARU seeing and assessing emergency surgical admissions. This can get pretty busy as there are usually 8-15 admissions daily and you are the only person admitting surgical patients. |
| Typical Work Pattern | Varies; for an 'on call' (admissions) shift it is 8-8.30, you work 2-3 blocks of 7 days of this per rotation. Nights are 8-8.30, usually 2-3 sets of week-nights (Mon-Thurs) and 2-3 sets of weekend nights (Fri-Sun) per rotation. Standard days are more relaxed; you are effectively supernumerary and it is a chance to be in theatre, catch up on dictation etc. This is when you can also take any annual or study leave. |
| Learning Opportunities | Various departmental meetings through the week - you can usually get to the 8am ones but harder at lunchtime. If you are a budding surgeon there is plenty of opportunity to be in theatre and develop your surgical skills. |
| Teaching | FY2 teaching 1 hour per week. No other formal teaching set up in the department but quite a lot of opportunities for you to teach others - lots of medical students, both 3rd year and 5th year, are attached to this department |
| Unique Selling Points | If you want to do surgery then this is a good job - there is lots of opportunity for theatre time and admitting patients is a good way to learn about presentations of common surgical admissions. Quite a friendly job as a large junior team in this department. |
| It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change. | |
