Speciality: Acute Care Common Stem - Internal Medicine Training (ACCS- IMT)
Acute Care Common Stem training is a collaboration of acute care specialities with the aim of producing multi-competent junior doctors able to recognise and manage the sick patient and who have the complementary speciality training required for higher speciality training in Emergency Medicine, JRCPTB speciality, Anaesthesia, and Intensive Care Medicine.
The ACCS Internal Medicine programme in the North of Scotland is a four-year programme where trainees gain experience and competence in all four acute care specialities: Emergency Medicine, Acute Internal Medicine, Anaesthetics, and Intensive Care. Trainees will spend six months in each speciality in either Aberdeen Royal Infirmary or Raigmore Hospital, Inverness.
ACCS Internal Medicine trainees in their third year then move onto the IMT curriculum and complete three placements (four months each) in medical specialities. The fourth year is essentially an Internal Medicine Year 3 (IMY3) year seen as an early and supported introduction to being a medical registrar.
Acute medicine in Aberdeen is provided by the team of fourteen Consultants through three main areas: Acute Medicine Initial Assessment Area, a large Short Stay Medical Unit and an Ambulatory Emergency Care area. Placements may be solely in Aberdeen or a mixed Aberdeen/Inverness model.
The Scotland North Deanery involves Grampian and Highland, which is a beautiful area to live and work within. It has varied geography and offers diverse interests for individuals and families, from a thriving city life in Aberdeen to outdoor activities in the Highlands. It has excellent road, rail and air networks to the other areas of Scotland. The quality of life in the North of Scotland has easy access to beautiful countryside for sport and leisure as well as world-renowned facilities for golf.
Training within the Deanery is trainee focused with attention to individual trainee needs and aspirations. Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Raigmore Hospital are teaching hospitals with opportunities to become involved in research.
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness
| Programme Type | Deanery based or National: Deanery |
| Administration office | North of Scotland |
| Lead Dean / Director | Professor Adam Hill |
| Responsible Associate Postgraduate Dean or Assistant Director (GP) | Dr Joy Miller |
| Specialty or Sub-specialty | Specialty or Sub-specialty: Specialty |
| Date of GMC recent approval | August 2010 |
| Associated Royal College - Faculty |
Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board (web site) |
| Curriculum and Associated Assessment System | http://www.gmc-uk.org/education/acute_internal_medicine.asp |
| Programme Administrator: |
Named Programme Administrator:
Nicole Smith
Address: NHS Education for Scotland Glasgow, G3 8BW Tel: Email: Nicole.smith@nhs.scot |
| Programme Director |
Programme Director Name: Dr David Connor Address: Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Tel: Email: david.connor2@nhs.scot |
| Quality of Training | Quality Management |