| Placement |
Intensive Care Medicine
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| Year | F1 |
| Region | West |
| Hospital(s) |
University Hospital Hairmyres, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire
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| Main Duties of Placement
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- 4-month rotation where you will be based in the Intensive Care Unit of University Hospital Hairmyres
- Duties will include participation in ward rounds, organising relevant investigations, making appropriate referrals and communicating with different specialties and patients’ relatives
- You will be part of the multidisciplinary team
- Attendance at the ICM grand round on Tuesday afternoons
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| Typical Work Pattern
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| Learning Opportunities
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- Daily consultant ward rounds
- Exposure to intensive care patients and surgical HDU patients from a wide variety of surgical specialties including vascular surgery, robotic colorectal and urological surgery, orthopaedics and upper GI surgery
- There is exposure to insertion of central and arterial lines, echo, non-invasive ventilation and renal filtration therapy
- Regular informal teaching on ward rounds
- Opportunities to learn how to do practical procedures
- You are expected to attend teaching sessions with 2 hours of protected teaching per week as noted below
- On-site library facilities available 24/7
- Excellent computer access for e-learning and online modules
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| Teaching
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- Informal on ward rounds and at MDT meetings
- Dedicated FY1 teaching on Thursday lunchtimes (protected teaching time) following the foundation curriculum
- Postgraduate Medical Education meetings on Wednesday lunchtimes (protected teaching time)
- Opportunity to undertake case-based discussions with consultant supervisors
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| Unique Selling Points
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- Increased confidence in the management of critically unwell patients & post-operative high dependency patients
- Exposure to peri-operative medicine
- Excellent support working alongside experienced Advanced Critical Care Nurse Practitioners & ICM trainees
- Opportunity to learn practical procedures
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It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change.
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