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Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary - Emergency Medicine

Individual placement description
Placement:

Emergency Medicine
Year:

F2
Region:

West
Hospital(s):

Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary
Main duties of placement:

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in the assessment, investigation and management of patients attending the emergency department through illness or injury.

Member of hospital Trauma Team.
Typical work pattern:
  • Full shift working pattern.
  • 24 hour senior supervision.
Learning opportunities:

Continuous informal shopfloor teaching and education.

Wide variety of clinical encounters.

Weekly protected Consultant-delivered teaching.

Dedicated departmental website, hosting educational resources and presentations.

Ample opportunity for audit and presentation.

Bimonthly Morbidity and Mortality Meetings.

On-site library facilities available 24/7.

Excellent computer access for e-learning and online modules.
Teaching:

Continuous shopfloor teaching and education.

High quality induction programme.

Weekly protected Emergency Department junior teaching including Consultant-delivered Radiology teaching.

Bimonthly Morbidity and Mortality meeting.

Mandatory bleep-free FY2 teaching; 1 hour per week at lunchtime on Thursday.
Unique selling points:
  • Excellent learning opportunities and experience.
  • Wide variety of clinical encounters including major trauma, paediatrics.
  • Full shift working pattern.
  • High quality teaching and education.
  • Excellent placement feedback.
  • 24 hour senior supervision.
  • Opportunities for Taster Weeks/locally organised life support courses.
It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change.

This page was last updated on: 11.03.2025 at 09.04