| Individual Placement Description | |
|---|---|
| Placement | General (Internal) Medicine |
| Year | F2 |
| Region | West |
| Hospital(s) | University Hospital Hairmyres, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire |
| Main Duties of Placement | · You will rotate through a combination of AMRU, CCU, Medical HDU, Stroke Unit and general medical wards with subspeciality of respiratory, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology, cardiology. · You will be ward-based and gain experience in the management of patients under your care. · Duties include participation in ward rounds, organising relevant investigations, making appropriate referrals and discharge planning and communicating with relatives and GPs. · You will be part of the cardiac arrest team when on call. · Acute Assessment of emergency medical admission during receiving block. |
| Typical Work Pattern | · 12 doctors on Rota. · 4 week receiving blocks (includes 1 week of night shift). · Ward-based 9am to 5pm and evening shift about 1 in 10. |
| Learning Opportunities | · Ward-based teaching on ward rounds and at MDT for each specialty. · Opportunity to attend clinics for training. · Opportunity to carry out audit and do presentations. · Opportunity to attend specialty sessions (endoscopy/echo etc.). |
| Teaching | · Postgraduate Medical Education. · Meetings on Wednesday lunchtime (Protected teaching time). · Weekly departmental meetings (for case presentations, audit, journal club, mortality & morbidity, specialty quiz) on Thursday lunch time for General Medicine and Friday lunch time for Care of the Elderly. · Clinical skills training week. |
| Unique Selling Points | · Good experience and see a wide breadth of medicine. · Good direct Consultant supervision. · Opportunity to do practical procedures. |
| It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change. | |
