What are Human Factors? Why should they matter to you and your patients?

Working alongside Dr Calthorpe, our patient safety lead, the RGUC Media Team have recently completed the design of an infographic poster dealing with human factors and the role they play in patient safety. The poster is displayed in all staff areas around The Dudley Group hospital sites. This is great to see.. needs to be […]

Monitoring visit produces excellent report

We are delighted to announce that following the visit to RGUC by the medical school on 19th March, we have received a very positive report. The visit forms part of the University of Birmingham’s routine clinical monitoring visit process to quality assure teaching on the MBChB Programme. It normally takes place every 2-3 years. During […]

RGUC Connect is now live

RGUC Connect is now fully functioning and in use by all students on placement. The latest version became available to download from January 2019 for both Apple and Android devices, allowing third, fourth and fifth year students easy access to daily timetable activities from their mobile devices.     A web-based version of the calendar […]

Medical Work Experience Programme

    We run an annual medical work experience programme, which takes place during two consecutive weeks in June and July. The programme allows those aspiring to be doctors the opportunity to gain an awareness of the role that they might be interested in, whilst fully immersing themselves in daily clinical life and obtaining a […]

Swipe Cards

        Please be aware that the swipe card access system is being updated constantly throughout the hospital, therefore you may experience problems with accessing areas. If problems persist for a while, come and see us. In the instance you have misplaced or had your swipe card stolen please let us know immediately […]

iClinical – Innovative Anatomy Series

The @iClinical_ Innovative Anatomy series now features a total of 17 episodes, each utilising 3D animation, radiological imaging and intra-operative video to give a clear insight into anatomical structures. The first episode can be seen here: An understanding of the inguinal canal is important for anyone involved with the diagnosis or management of inguinal hernias […]

Parking Permits

        All blue parking permits must be displayed in car windscreens/dashboards at all times when parked on a staff car park. If you do not have your pass with you, do not attempt to get away with parking on the staff car park, please park elsewhere on these occasions.

New Dudley Trust Education Board Annual Report 2017 Published

The media team have designed and publish the new 2017 Education Board Annual Report. This is now available in print format from various locations around the @DudleyGroupNHS, or it can be downloaded in PDF format from the following link – http://library.rguc.co.uk/Asset/Share/705fd47f-856b-4c9a-83cd-b2b7385315cb …

2015 Ron Grimley Memorial Awards

Congratulations to our students who made it to the final round of this years Ron Grimley Memorial Awards.  Since the introduction of the awards in 2006, 3rd year students are timetabled throughout the semester to present an interesting case from patients they have seen on the wards.   Each week a different firm of students […]

Tomorrow’s Clinicians – Endorsement for ECG episode

We are always interested to hear what people think of our innovative e-Learning content. This helps us to understand where further development may be required, whilst also helping us to verify that our educational content meets the requirements of clinical students and educationalists alike. We were pleased to recently receive praise on the quality of […]