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Western General Hospital - General Psychiatry (2024)

Individual placement description
Placement:

General Psychiatry
Year:

F1
Region:

South East
Hospital(s):

Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
Main duties of placement:
  1. Psychiatric assessment of medical and surgical patients in a busy General Hospital with a range of specialties including Oncology and Infectious Diseases.
  2. 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.

This page was last updated on: 10.03.2025 at 14.50