St John's Hospital - General (Internal) Medicine
Individual placement description |
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| Placement: |
General Internal Medicine |
| Year: |
F2 |
| Region: |
South East |
| Hospital(s): |
St Johns Hospital, Livingston |
| Main duties of placement: | Variable depending which ward. Mainly consisting of ward rounds (either with consultant or Nurse Practitioners), second-on acute takes, evening on-calls carrying first-on bleep (rarely). |
| Typical work pattern: | Mostly weekdays. Two sets of nights per rotation and approximately 4 weekends. On call shift is 1300-2130 both day and weekends. |
| Learning opportunities: | Informal ward teaching, particularly from senior trainees, weekly Medical Unit meeting with educational presentations and plenty of opportunity to do supervised practical procedures. |
| Teaching: | Weekly FY2 teaching for 1 hour. |
| Unique selling points: | More responsibility with decision making. Often most senior middle grade doctor on a ward making decisions and designating tasks. Plenty of opportunities to do practical procedures. Good support as seniors all very approachable. |
| It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change. | |
This page was last updated on: 13.03.2025 at 15.57
Post Descriptors for F2
South-East region post descriptors for F2.