| Individual Placement Description | |
|---|---|
| Placement | General Surgery |
| Year | F1 |
| Region | West |
| Hospital(s) | Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley |
| Main Duties of Placement | Ward-based clinical cover including elective and emergency admissions, ward rounds, dealing with acutely unwell patients and outpatient pre-admission assessment medicals for elective admissions. |
| Typical Work Pattern | In the 4 month block, you are placed with your designated team half the time, the other half on cover for the acute surgical receiving ward, A&E (dealing with acute surgical admissions), late shift cover and nights. You spend (usually) one week covering FY1 duties at the Vale of Leven Hospital. |
| Learning Opportunities | Informal ward-based teaching including teaching of skills and procedures. Monthly departmental Morbidity and Mortality and Audit meetings. Weekly MDT meetings for each subspecialty. A journal club is organised by specialty trainees. |
| Teaching | Mandatory FY1 teaching programme covering the foundation programme syllabus. There are hospital postgraduate meetings at least monthly. |
| Unique Selling Points | Busy district general hospital with colorectal, upper GI, breast and urology subspecialties. Team-based but rotate around different shift patterns so a wide range of subspecialties encountered. |
| It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change. | |
