| Individual Placement Description | |
|---|---|
| Placement | General Surgery |
| Year | F1 |
| Region | West |
| Hospital(s) | Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock |
| Main Duties of Placement | Ward-based clinical cover including elective and emergency admissions, ward rounds & dealing with acutely unwell patients. Outpatient pre-admission assessment reviews for elective admissions. GP calls when first on for surgical receiving. |
| Typical Work Pattern | In 4 month block, rotation through acute surgical receiving, general and elective wards. 2 weeks of first on (9-930) for surgical receiving, A&E (dealing with acute surgical admissions) and GP calls. 2 weeks of second on (8-8pm) for ward cover. Cross cover for orthopaedics out of hours. 7 nights for H@N. 5 weekends in 4 months (including nights). |
| Learning Opportunities | Informal ward-based teaching including teaching of skills and procedures. Monthly departmental Morbidity and Mortality and Audit meetings. Friday weekly surgical meetings; F1 case-based presentation and middle grades present M&M or journal club/paper. Weekly Tuesday and Bi-monthly Thursday F1 teaching. |
| Teaching | Mandatory FY1 teaching programme covering the foundation programme syllabus. Bi-monthly Thursday CMT-led F1 teaching. There are hospital postgraduate meetings at least monthly. Friday surgical teaching. |
| Unique Selling Points | Busy district general hospital with colorectal, upper GI, breast and urology subspecialties. Ward-based but rotate around, so a wide range of sub-specialties encountered. |
| It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change. | |
