Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary - Paediatrics
Individual placement description |
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| Placement: |
Paediatrics |
| Year: |
F2 |
| Region: |
West |
| Hospital(s): |
Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary |
| Main duties of placement: | Combination of looking after inpatients on the Children's Ward, neonatal ward and paediatric short assessment unit (PSSAU) and helping acutely unwell A/E patients. On-call for admissions and inpatient referrals and ward cover. |
| Typical work pattern: | Full shift 8:30am - 4:30pm or 9am - 5pm or 2pm -11pm 9pm-9am week days. All patient clerked with the person assigned to the (PSSAU) 9am-5pm who is basically the on call person. Other persons are receiving from family doctors and A/E. weekdays 2pm - 11pm will be cross cover till after 5pm where he/she become the on-call doctor. weekdays 8:30am - 9pm and over the weekends. The person on those shifts is the on-call who receive and clerk the patient 9pm - 8:30am cross cover between the Obstetric and Paediatric team |
| Learning opportunities: | Informal Teaching at ward round, Paediatric grand and Wednesday teaching session. On-site library facilities available 24/7. Excellent computer access for e-learning and online modules. |
| Teaching: | Daily teaching in the ward round in combination with the medical students. Once weekly presentation at the education centre. Mandatory bleep-free FY2 teaching 1 hr per week at lunchtime on Thursday and opportunity to attend general teaching in the morning. |
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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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