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4th Year | Surgical & Perioperative Care (SPC)
This is a nine week block in which the students cover the largely surgical specialties of :
- Perioperative care
- Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)
- Urology
- Anaesthetics
- Rheumatology
- Orthopaedics (including a two week dedicated period at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital)
4th Year | Timetables
We give students the autonomy to plan their own timetable in order to achieve the required learning outcomes. Throughout each nine week rotation students will be offered :
- Appropriate training to ensure the required skills are taught, as per the clinical procedural skills passport
- Learning opportunities handbook detailing clinics, theatre lists and wards available to attend along with contact details
- Weekly meetings with a senior academy tutor
- At least four bedside teaching sessions (three for SPC students)
- Guidance on where to achieve all the required observed practice
- Consolidation weeks to revisit a speciality of interest for further study
- Sign up for virtual case discussions
- Attendance at interprofessional education simulation sessions, workshops & study days
- Learning opportunities at Guest Hospital and Corbett Hospital
- Regular student meetings