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University Hospital Hairmyres - General (Internal) Medicine

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.

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