Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust - South West ...

Tasters available at the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust for foundation trainees training in the South West Peninsula Deanery
Contents
1. Cardiology
2. Anaesthetics
3. Paediatrics
4. Respiratory Medicine
5. Obs & Gynae
6. Rheumatology
7. GP
8. Elderly Care and Stroke

1. Taster in Cardiology
Key contact:
Day Morning Afternoon Department Meetings
Mon
8AM Meet Ward Consultant. Tour of department & plan for week. Shadow Ward Cons/ward
doctors for EMU referrals, white card referrals, board round, CCU/Taw/Avon Ward Rounds
Tues 8am Electrophysiology/Ablation List 2pm Elective Lab
Wed 8am Pacing List 2pm Shadow Cardiac Technicians for
pacing clinic, echos & exercise testing
1pm-2pm - Clinical Cases Meeting
Thurs 9am Emergency Cath Lab 2pm Emergency Cath Lab 8am-9am - Surgical Meeting
Fri 9am ICD/CRT List 2pm Meet Ward Cons to discuss week
and career plans
1pm-2pm - Devices & Imaging Meeting

2. Taster in Anaesthetics
Key contact: Dr Emma Hartsilver, Anaesthetic Department..
Brief overview of placement:
Attending a variety of theatre lists accompanying the consultant anaesthetist covering that list. These lists include general surgery, vascular,
thoracics, ENT, Maxilo-facial, urology, gynaecology, obstetrics, plastics, orthopaedics and ophthalmology depending on the day of the attachment,
the nature of the patients listed and the requirements of the department anaesthetic trainees at the time.
The list will include preoperative and postoperative assessment of patients and the concepts of anaesthesia, taught informally on a one to one basis.
There will also be the opportunity to attend acute pain rounds with the pain team nurses and chronic pain clinic with the chronic pain specialist
consultant anaesthetists.
Discussion regarding training and a career in anaesthetics will be with the college tutor or with any of the department Educational Supervisors.

3. Taster in Paediatrics
Key contact: .Dr.Jim Hart
Brief overview of placement:
Monday
AM (08.00 – 12.30) PM (13.30 – 17.30) Notes
Shadow NNU sHO to deliveries/resus
09.00 – 12.00 neonatal unit ward
round
Tuesday
Wednesday
9.00 – 13.00 paediatric ward round
8-9.00 trainee teaching
9.00 -12.00 Bramble Day case
1-2pm paediatric CPD
2-5pm shadow paed SHO in
ED/resus
13.00-15.00 neonatal teaching
Thursday
Friday
8-9.00 trainee teaching
09.00 10.30 New baby in the family
meeting NNU
09.00 – 13.00 Paediatric outpatients
10.30 17.00 shadow neonatal SHO in
NICU

4. Taster in Respiratory Medicine
Key contact: DR NJ WITHERS
Brief overview of placement:
Monday
AM (08.00 – 12.30) PM (13.30 – 17.30) Notes
Meet Junior Doctors on Culm Ward
(East or West) and attend Board Round Bronchoscopy Session (Dr Bakere or
and Ward Round
Dr Sheldon)
Endoscopy Suite
Lunch Time Departmental Teaching
Tuesday 8.30
Lung MDT in MDT Room
Followed by Board Round/Wards
Clinic and ward visits with Lung
Cancer Nurse Specialists
Wednesday
Thursday
CF Clinic with Dr Sheldon
OR
AM
Pleural clinic on MTU (~10.30)
Dr Bakere
Spend Time with either Respiratory
Nurse Specialists/Respiratory Physios
or Lung Function Lab
OR
Clinic (ILD) with Dr Gibbons/Patel
CF Clinic with Dr Withers
OR
Culm Ward with Junior Doctors
Bronchoscopy or EBUS in Endoscopy
Suite

Friday
8.30
Audit/Grand Round/M&M meeting
Variable venues
Wards or NIV Clinic (Dr Bakere)
Followed by Wards

5. Taster in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Key contact: Ben Peyton-Jones
Brief overview of placement: To get an insight into the specialty of Obs and Gynae
Monday
AM (08.00 – 12.30) PM (13.30 – 17.30) Notes
Meet head of department on the
labour ward and plan the week. Likely Attend local anaesthetic outpatient Departmental meeting at
to able to witness elective caesarean clinic where will see mixture of 12:30 where interesting
sections
minor gynaecology procedures cases discussed
Tuesday
Wednesday
Shadow on call SHO for gynaecology
Gynae theatre list with BPJ
Shadow on call SHO for gynaecology
Gynaecological Oncology
MDT Lunchtime
Gynae theatre list with head of
department
Thursday
Shadow on call SHO for Labour ward
Shadow on call SHO for Labour ward
Friday
Antenatal Clinic
General Gynae outpatient clinic
Discuss the week and career
planning for Obs and Gynae
Complete evaluation and
hand in.
Reflective entry in
portfolio.

6. Taster in Rheumatology
Key contact: .......................................................................
Brief overview of placement:
If can only attend for 1 or 2 days, Tuesday & Thursday are the best as you will meet the whole team and the consultants will have time to talk to you
in detail about a career in rheumatology. Try to come to (all or part) of a general clinic and a specialist clinic during your Taster session.
There are daily day-case patients attending for infusions of biologic drugs and osteoporosis medications on the day case unit.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
AM (08.00 – 12.30) PM (13.30 – 17.30) Notes
CLINICS:
General rheumatology
Early Arthritis (ESC)
9-10 MDT
10-12 Case / Audit / Education
12.45-1.30PM Radiology Meeting
CLINICS
General rheumatology at RD&E
&Tiverton
CLINICS
General rheumatology
Biologics
Osteoporosis
CLINICS
General rheumatology
Nursing
Thursday
Friday
MDT ward round & referrals
Nurse Clinic / Methotrexate clinic
CLINICS
General rheumatology at RD&E,
Exmouth & elsewhere on rota
Vasculitis (with Renal)
Nurse Clinic
Any
MSK Ultrasound Clinic
Vasculitis (with Renal)
CLINICS
General rheumatology at RD&E,
Exmouth & elsewhere on rota

7. Taster in GP
Key contact: Samantha Westlake Richmond House Surgery Teignmouth
Brief overview of placement:
Monday
AM (08.00 – 12.30) PM (13.30 – 17.30) Notes
Sit in with resident F2 in their morning Surgery had resus training planned
surgery
early PM.
Tuesday
Sit in with Practice Nurse for her
morning surgery
Sit in with GP in afternoon Surgery
Sit in with GP for afternoon surgery
Wednesday Sit in with F2 for morning surgery Peer group meeting with practice
manager and GP’s
Thursday Sit in with morning surgery Sit with receptionist
Meeting involves PCT
and 3 other practice
managers in area.
Friday
Sit in with GP for morning surgery
Go out on home visit
Sit in with practice Nurse in
afternoon
Sit in with GP for afternoon surgery

8. Taster in Elderly Care and Stroke
Key contact: Dr A Hemsley, Lead Clinician Elderly Care
Brief overview of placement: This specialty offers experience in acute Elderly Care on the Acute Medical Unit, ward rounds and ward work in Elderly
Care, Stroke and Orthogeriatrics, general and specialty clinics, Elderly Care and stroke in community hospitals and Hospital at Home.
Monday
AM (08.00 – 12.30) PM (13.30 – 17.30) Notes
Introduction to the specialty – Lead Ward work – Kenn and Bovey wards
Clinician
Tuesday
Acute Stroke Unit – ward round and
board round
Tilt table clinic
or
Ward round – Kenn ward
Budleigh Salterton community
stroke unit – ward round and multidisciplinary
team meeting
or
Wednesday
Stroke clinic
or
Ward work – Kenn and Bovey wards
Hospital at Home multi-disciplinary
team meeting
or
Morning Report
Crediton community hospital ward
round and multi-disciplinary team
meeting
Thursday Parkinson’s disease clinic Exeter community hospital ward
round and multi-disciplinary team
13.00 hrs
Acute Stroke Unit
interdisciplinary teaching
08.30 hrs

meeting Junior doctor specialty
teaching
Friday Orthogeriatric ward round General medical clinic
12.45 hrs
Departmental teaching