Foundation Year 1 Teaching

Foundation Year 1 Teaching

In the first year of the Foundation Programme we provide 3 sets of teaching sessions that deliver a wide range of learning opportunities aligned to the Curriculum.

RIE: Tuesdays 12:30pm to 1:30pm // SJH: Wednesdays 3pm to 4pm // WGH: Thursdays 12:30pm to 1:30pm

 

Block 1

By the end of November you will have had teaching on:

  • Pharmacy: Antibiotic Prescribing and Therapeutic drug monitoring

  • Writing IDLs and communication with primary care

  • Fluid Balance and IV Fluid Prescribing

  • Death Certification: MCCDs, post mortem / PF

  • Diabetes Management: Insulin Prescribing and common problems in diabetic medicine

  • Pharmacy: Prescribing Anticoagulants 1

  • Frailty 1: Acute Confusion / Delirium

  • Handover

  • Palliative Care - End of Life Care

  • Acute cardiology: management of cardiac sounding chest pain & ECG Interpretation (1)

  • Deteriorating Patient: Escalation and Transfer

  • Respiratory 1: Respiratory failure & arterial blood gases

  • Frailty 2: Musculoskeletal trauma and falls

  • How to survive and thrive as an FY1 doctor & Challenges and Opportunities of being an International Medical Graduate (IMG)

  • Management of the acutely unwell patient (sepsis)

  • How to make a good referral / The Foundation Year 1 / Medical Student Interface

  • ADME feedback

 

Block 2

By the end of March you will have had teaching on:

  • Frailty 3: Frailty identification and comprehensive geriatric assessment

  • Acute Pain Management

  • Pre-operative Challenges and Post Operative Complications

  • Patient safety:  The Scottish Patient Safety Programme; learning from prescribing errors & reporting errors

  • Infection prevention and control (IPC) and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS)

  • Prescribing in Hepatic / Renal Failure

  • Pharmacy : Anticoagulants (2)

  • Principles of teamwork and inter-professional communication: promoting positive behaviour;  dealing with conflict

  • Drug & Alcohol Dependence (Substance Abuse Disorder)

  • Management of Diabetic Emergencies

  • Blood products / transfusion

  • Respiratory 2: Disease focused e.g. airways / infection / PTE etc.

  • Radiology for Foundation doctors – Chest Radiology

  • Correcting Electrolyte Abnormalities and Feedback with ADME

 

Block 3

By the end of July you will have had teaching on:

  • Management of Aggression - Patients, Relatives

  • Common GI presentations in acute medicine, assessment and management of nutrition

  • Renal Medicine - How to assess Kidney Disease

  • Thriving in Medicine

  • Prescribing problems

  • Risk Management (Clinical Governance and Complaints)

  • Management of Arrhythmias - ECG Interpretation (2)

  • Career Planning

  • Acute Stroke Management & rehab

  • LGBTQ+ awareness & education

  • F2 Induction: Consultations and recognising & protecting vulnerable patients

  • F2 Induction: Difficult conversations, Breaking bad news & the power of an apology

  • F2 Induction: Consent & capacity for consent

  • F2 Induction: F2 deanery induction

  • F2 Induction: Anticipatory care planning

  • F2 Induction: Human Factors 1

  • F2 Induction: Peer mentoring session - support your new F1s! ADME Feedback