APPLICANT - Imperial College London

enefit of health care. The trainee will join a PI in the Division and will undertake a well
defined research and training programme specific to his/her needs. The associated F2
clinical attachments will be A&E and GUM.
Post 11 – Genetics and Molecular Medicine (Professor E Solomon, Professor
Richard Trembath) – based at GSTT
CODE: KCL/011
F1
F2
See rotation
for site
Guy’s and
St Thomas’
NHS
Foundation
Trust
General Surgery
(Upper GI) (St
Thomas’
Hospital)
Accident &
Emergency
3m
4m
Orthopaedics
(Guy’s
Hospital)
Clinical
Genetics
(Academic
Attachment)
3m
Elderly Care
(St Thomas’
Hospital)
3m
4m GUM 4m
General
Medicine
(St
Thomas’
Hospital)
3m
The Division of Genetics and Molecular Medicine works at the leading edge of current
analytical and molecular technologies so as to identify the familial components of most
common medical conditions including inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, breast cancer,
macular degeneration, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and schizophrenia. Our aim is to be able
to determine the relative risk to any individual with a family history of the disease, so as to
either intervene or provide appropriate screening. Those genes identified as contributing to
genetic predisposition, or indeed those being the sole contributors to Mendelian disorders,
such as Huntington’s Disease, are also studied at a molecular level so as to determine their
basic cellular functions with the ultimate aim of development of drug therapies. The Division
works closely with a large diagnostic laboratory which works in conjunction with the Genetics
Clinic. The patient base of the clinic includes those requiring pre-natal and paediatric
diagnosis and counselling as well as a large spectrum of adult disorders, the largest of which
is cancer predisposition and which also include disorders in ophthalmology, dermatology,
neurology and endocrinology.
For further information see our website: www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/medicine/depts/memoge. The
associated F2 clinical attachments will be A&E and GUM.
Post 12 – Medical Education (Professor J Rees) – based at GSTT
CODE: KCL/012
F1
F2
See rotation
for site
Guy’s and
St Thomas’
Hospital
NHS
Foundation
Trust
General Surgery
(Vascular) (St
Thomas’
Hospital)
3m
Orthopaedics
(Guy’s
Hospital)
GUM 4m Accident &
Emergency
3m
4m
Elderly Care
(St Thomas’
Hospital)
Medical
Education
(Academic
Attachment)
3m
4m
General
Medicine
(St
Thomas’
Hospital)
3m
The Academic Foundation programme in Medical Education offers practical involvement in
medical education and in research. During the F2 year appointees are encouraged to take a
regular session linked to one of the phase 3 clinical firms. They also take part in clinical skills
teaching and in assessment with Objective Structured Clinical Examinations. There are
opportunities to develop research projects supervised by staff in the Division in a range of
areas of medical education, including planning and delivery of learning, admissions,
assessment, e-learning, evaluation and feedback. Projects from the first two years in skills
teaching and assessment, and 360 degree feedback on clinical students, have been
presented at national and international conferences. The associated F2 clinical attachments
will be GUM and A&E.
www.stfs.org.uk/student/academic-programmes
Email: tfsacademicrecruitment@stfs.org.uk
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