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Individual Placement Description
Placement General Surgery
Year F1
Region West
Hospital(s) The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow
Main Duties of Placement

Duties include ward round and ward care responsibilities involving surgical emergency, acutely unwell and care of elective surgery patients within all of the surgical subspecialties in QEUH.

Typical Work Pattern

Full Shift, with participation in Hospital at Night Team

Learning Opportunities

Departmental specific unit meetings

Significant opportunity for adhoc surgical procedure learning and career opportunities

Audit and research projects actively encouraged in full range of surgical specialities

Teaching

Weekly Bleep free FY teaching

Subspecialty surgery weekly teaching curriculum

Unique Selling Points

This placement can be tailored to any of the surgical specialities included of General Surgery, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Urology, Vascular and ENT, providing a unique opportunity to gain an insight into multiple surgical firms.

Excellent exposure to the management of critically unwell surgical patients, in a controlled and supervised environment.

Hands on valued member of team, with exposure to surgical 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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