| Individual Placement Description | |
|---|---|
| Placement | General (Internal) Medicine |
| Year | F1 |
| Region | South-East |
| Hospital(s) | Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy |
| Main Duties of Placement | Consultant-led ward rounds, clerking and initial assessment of patients admitted to both AMAU and ward. Assessment and management of acute problems with inpatients in conjunction with HaN team. |
| Typical Work Pattern | Hybrid rota with blocks of 8am-5pm ward-based activities and blocks of full shift pattern activities in AMAU. |
| Learning Opportunities | Lots of opportunity for ward round-based teaching in both wards and AMAU. Morbidity and Mortality meetings monthly in AMAU. Weekly grand rounds for whole acute division. Many teams (esp MOE) have weekly MDT meetings. |
| Teaching | Weekly protected FY1 teaching programme (mandatory 1hr). Weekly Medical Department X-ray meeting-open to all (30-45 min/week). Grand rounds open to all (1hr/week). MOE departmental journal club open to all. Trainees encouraged to present as opportunity to complete "developing the clinical teacher" competency (1hr/week). |
| Unique Selling Points | Great opportunity to broaden experience of managing acute medical problems. Juniors report good opportunity to see and assist management of acute patients. |
| It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change. | |
