The aim of this block is to enable you to make progress towards achieving the ‘Outcomes for Graduates’ defined by the General Medical Council in the context of experience in care of patients presenting with injuries and conditions that affect the musculoskeletal system. Contrary to a popular stereotype, much of musculoskeletal care is diagnostic, clinic, or ward based. A lot of treatment is conservative or non-operative. We aim to offer a broad experience of the full range of orthopaedics, however, if you are to get the most out of the Block you will need to be proactive in seeking out learning opportunities.
The aim of this block is to enable you to make progress towards achieving the ‘Outcomes for Graduates’ defined by the General Medical Council in the context of experience in the care of patients before, during and after surgery (the peri-operative period). The Perioperative Care Block is delivered jointly by the surgical and anaesthetic teams. A key theme of the block is following the patient journey from admission to discharge and follow up. In order to get the most out of the block you will need to be proactive and seek out learning opportunities.
The aim of the Cardiorespiratory Block is to enable you to make progress towards achieving the ‘Outcomes for Graduates’ defined by the General Medical Council in the context of experience in care of patients with Cardiovascular and Respiratory diseases. In this Block, you will rotate through Departments of Cardiology and Respiratory Medicine. It will give you an opportunity to have a fairly broad based and comprehensive exposure to diseases of two fundamental organ systems, thus increasing your knowledge, skills and understanding of these topics. You will do so by ward and clinic based teaching, exposure to diagnostic procedures, observing and learning from multidisciplinary meetings, formal and informal lectures and discussions, presentations and self-directed learning.
The aim of the Gastrointestinal Block is to enable you to make progress towards achieving the ‘Outcomes for Graduates’ defined by the General Medical Council in the context of experience in the care of patients with gastrointestinal, endocrine and renal conditions. You will work with consultants and their teams in a variety of clinical environments, including hospital wards, outpatient clinics, endoscopy suite and the dialysis unit. In order to get the most out of the Block you will need to be proactive and seek out learning opportunities.
The aim of this block is to enable you to make progress towards achieving the ‘Outcomes for Graduates’ defined by the General Medical Council in the context of experience in care of patients with mental health problems.
You will work with consultants and their teams in a variety of clinical environments, including hospital ward and clinics. You will gain experience with a wide variety of patients, to learn how patients with mental health problems present, how to take a history and examine them, how their problems are investigated, and how they are managed by the clinical team.
The aim of this block is to enable you to make progress towards achieving the ‘Outcomes for Graduates’ defined by the General Medical Council in the context of experience of care of patients in Primary Care. The core purpose of the Clinical Methods Block is to develop your consultation skills, it is designed to give you the opportunity to learn methods to solve clinical problems and formulate diagnoses, which, are essential skills for a medical graduate.