This is the makings of a new thread....A&E secondments!
> Do you really want to add another thing which we learn outside A&E?
An exposure to GP and the resources open to them is, I suggest, more
relevant than knowing what happens to patients who have a laparotomy etc. as
previously mentioned, GP work is not always "outside A&E" - they do,
however, have a different set of resources open to them that may be able to
address some of our more tricky problems. That statement, naturally, works
both ways.
> Would you lose one of the existing essential secondments (which one?) or
does the time come out of the A&E "core"?
Most trainees, on entering their SpR rotation, have done at least a couple
of the core specialties as an SHO (for those unaware, by the end of his/her
training, the A&E SpR must have done either a relatively recent SHO job or a
3 month secondment in the following: Acute Medicine, Surgery, Anaesthesia,
Orthopaedics and Paediatrics). They could therefore utilise one of their
"spare" slots. I would suggest anyway that a secondment in GP would be of
more benefit than, for example, lurking in surgical clinics and/or theatre
sessions.
What do others think?
Andy
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Subject: Re: Relenza and A & E Workload
Andy
I got the message. I don't disagree. Do you really want to add another
thing which we learn outside A&E?
As an overall philosophy, I would be pleased to reduce the amount of time
specialist trainees spend outside A&E. Would you lose one of the existing
essential secondments (which one?) or does the time come out of the A&E
"core"?
Jonathan
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