In Brighton we have MAOs (Medical Admissions Officers). They are SHOs who
work a week of days, a week of nights and a week off with some occasional
A&E shifts at wekends. They are based in the A&E department and see GP
referred medical patients. They do not go on ward rounds or go to out
patients. They resource the A&E consultants for senior advice as well as
the medical registrar. Most of them are trainee physician SHOs but
increasingly they are SHOs with an interest in A&E as a career. The posts
are for 3 months and are built into the 2 year medical SHO rotations.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dr Matthew W Cooke <[log in to unmask]>
To: acadae messages <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 30 December 1998 13:56
Subject: Acute Medicine SHOs
>Does anyone know of places where they have SHO posts in acute medicine -
>i.e. the SHO works solely in the medical admissions unit. I imagine such
>posts would be ideal for A&E trainees who want acute medicine experience
>without the tedium of out patient clinics, although there would need to be
>some follow up, otherwise may be no benefit over doing an A&E job.
>
>Thanks
>
>Matthew
>
>Dr Matthew Cooke
>Senior Lecturer Accident and Emergency Medicine
>Emergency Medicine Research Group (EMeRG),
>Division of Primary Care, Public and Occupational Health,
>University of Birmingham, UK.
>> http://medweb.bham.ac.uk/gp/agp/pages/emerg.htm
>and Walsgrave Hospitals NHS Trust, Coventry, UK.
>
>
>Editor, Pre-hospital Immediate Care, BMJ Specialist Journals
>www.prehospimmedicare.com
>
>mailto:[log in to unmask]
>
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