| Individual Placement Description | |
|---|---|
| Placement | Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery |
| Year | F1 |
| Region | West |
| Hospital(s) | The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow |
| Main Duties of Placement | Under supervision of appropriate medical trained staff/trainers to provide medical care for surgical patients in OMFS ward. |
| Typical Work Pattern | Basic hours, no out of hours committment. |
| Learning Opportunities | Exposure to complex head and neck cancer and trauma patients as well as patient undergoing surgery for facial disfigurement. Gaining a more depth understanding and head and neck surgery. |
| Teaching | As these are new posts the service would work with the doctors to include them in the current teaching timetable support by protected time. |
| Unique Selling Points | Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a small surgical specialty that involves complex reconstructive and functional aesthetic work which in the past junior doctors would rarely gain access to. Allow the junior doctor the opportunity to gain a unique insight to the pathologies represented in the head and neck which can be dental in origin and therefore not experienced in any other surgical specialty. |
| It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change. | |
