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Perspective of FY1 who has done 6 months of medicine & 6 months of general surgery at BHT. This job is primarily emergency general surgery at Stoke Mandeville. You do also occasionally cover urology and plastics at Stoke Mandeville. You also occasionally cover the elective surgical ward in Wycombe (gen surg, urology, plastics, gynae). Pros: - Goo ...More
General surgery also covers urology and plastics. Pros: - The ward rounds are always senior led and tend to be very quick. - Seniors are generally friendly and approachable. - The ward has medical support workers who are incredibly helpful and able to take some jobs off your hands. - Nursing staff are great and very skilled. - Two board rounds ...More
Avoid this hospital like the plague. The ED is absolutely atrocious, very few trainees, poorly motivated consultant body, and this spills over into the rest of the hospital. T+O department is a toxic place to work, very undersupported as a junior, bullying culture from the consultants. General Surgery also terrible - very busy department, non ex ...More
-Supportive consultants, registrars and CSTs. Often proactively teach. -Lovely "family" vibe as spending anywhere between 3-6 months with the same team. -Lots of experienced & trustworthy nursing staff equipped with practical skills and widespread surgical knowledge. -Variable staffing; sometimes overstaffed, sometimes understaffed -Rota coordinati ...More
This rotation covered general surgery, urology and plastics. Although a little overwhelming at first, once settled it was generally a good rota - although at times not particularly well staffed. Senior staff largely very supportive and friendly, as were the nurses. The wards were covered by the FY1s (there aren't any ward-based SHOs) and so could b ...More