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Table 1 Typical shadowing timetable

From: The views of doctors in their first year of medical practice on the lasting impact of a preparation for house officer course they undertook as final year medical students

Week 1

   

Mon 18.06

10.00 a.m.

Welcome

Director of Postgraduate Medical Education; Foundation Year 1 Tutor; Medical Education Manager; HR Administrator; Accommodation Manager, LHA; Senior Occupational Health Nurse

 

10.45 am

Meet own teams

 
 

12.15 - 12.30 pm

ID badge photographs/Car permits

XXX, Fire & Security Officer/Excel Parking

 

1.00 - 2 pm (lunch provided from12.30 pm)

Record Keeping

XXX, Director of Postgraduate Medical Education; XXX, F1 Doctor

Tues 19.06

09.30 - 12.30 pm (GROUP A)

ILS Recertification Course

Resuscitation Team: Venue: Lecture Theatre, rooms 6/7&8

Wed 20.06

1.00 - 2 pm

ACAT Scoring

XXX

 

10.30 - 11.30 am

Path Lab procedures (GROUP A)

Senior Scientists Pathology Services Venue: Path Labs

 

1.00 - 2 pm (lunch provided from12.30 pm)

Pharmacy Matters

XXX, Lead Pharmacist

 

2.00 pm - 5.00 pm

ALERT Refresher Course, (rooms 3&4/6)

XXX

Thurs 21.06

10.00 - 10.45 am

Blood Gas Analyser (GROUP A)

XXX: Venue: AMU

 

1.00 - 2 pm (lunch provided from12.30 pm)

Antibiotics & Hospital Acquired Infections

XXX, Consultant Microbiologist

Fri 22.06

1.00 - 2 pm (lunch provided from12.30 pm)

Coping with relatives, Death Certificates

XXX, Consultant, General Medicine; Reverend XXX, Hospital Chaplain

Week 2

   

Mon 25.06

1.00 - 2 pm (lunch provided from12.30 pm)

Introduction to General Medicine

XXX, Service Director, Medicine;

 

2.00 - 3.00 pm

Radiology

XXX

Tues 26.06

1.00 - 2 pm (lunch provided from12.30 pm)

IT Training

XXX, IT Trainer: Venue: Lecture Theatre, Education Centre

Wed 27.06

1.00 - 2 pm (lunch provided from12.30 pm)

Introduction to General Surgery

Service Director, General Surgery; Rota Co-ordinator, Surgery

Thurs 28.06

1.00 - 2 pm (lunch provided from12.30 pm)

Employment Contracts & HR Issues

XXX, HR Advisor; XXX, HR Administrator

Fri 29.06

1.00 - 2 pm (lunch provided from12.30 pm)

Foundation Programme Assessment/Portfolio

Medical Education Team

  1. All non-timetabled time to be spent on Wards