Western General Hospital - General (Internal) Medicine (2024)
Individual placement description |
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| Placement: |
General Internal Medicine |
| Year: |
F1 |
| Region: |
South East |
| Hospital(s): |
Western General Hospital, Edinburgh |
| Main duties of placement: | General medical care of patients on the Acute Receiving Unit or General Medical ward including ward rounds and reviewing new admissions. Working as part of the multi-disciplinary team in these areas. |
| Typical work pattern: | Shift pattern varies between 9am-5pm, 8am-8.30pm, 9am-9.30pm and 4pm-9.30pm. |
| Learning opportunities: | As well as weekly F1 teaching there are weekly departmental meetings attended by the whole unit as well as plenty opportunities for 'on the job' learning and clinical audit. |
| Teaching: | Hospital F1 teaching 1 hour per week. Unit departmental meetings 1 hour per week. |
| Unique selling points: | Previous trainees have fed back that this is a well supported job with easily accessible registrars and consultants and excellent opportunities for learning and career development. |
| 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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