Useful information about Radiology at RHCYP
Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh
RHCYP welcomes core and specialty trainees. We are a small department, but passionate about teaching and introducing our trainees to what we think is the most interesting specialty in radiology!
Consultants
Dr Simon McGurk (Lead)
Tuesdays and Wednesdays
GI, NAI
Dr Jeremy Jones (Deputy)
TPD Wednesday
off Tuesday
MSK, Intervention, NAI
Dr Alan Quigley
off Monday
Neuro, Head & Neck, ENT
Dr Michael Jackson
off Monday
SJH alternate Wednesdays
Oncology
Dr Andrew Kirby
off Tuesday
Fife alternate Wednesdays
GI, Oncology, MSK
Dr Sam Choi
off Thursday
Fife alternate Wednesdays
Neuro, H&N
Lead Radiographers
Jayne Davison - RHCYP - Band 7
Louisa Armstrong - DCN - Band 8
RHCYP is a small tertiary referral centre offering care to children and adolescents up to the age of 16 (older in some chronic and specialist conditions). Radiology forms an increasingly important part of its work and, in common with other radiology departments, has seen a considerable increase in workload in the last 5 years.
The department is close knit with a collegial relationship between consultants and the radiographic staff. The radiographers are highly skilled and trusted. Their opinions are worth listening to and their advice well meant. The department clerical staff Nic, Mary, Kath, Veronica and Diraj keep us in order as do the department RDAs Jennifer, Jacqueline, Samantha, Zowie, Fiona, Heather and Sarah.
Ground floor map RHCYP
Meetings
Our meetings are held in the resource room (reporting corridor). In addition, these meetings are held on Teams. Get in touch with Andrew Kirby (andrew.kirby@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk) to be added to these teams.
Monday
1245: Renal & Surgical (Resource Room)
Tuesday
0830: PNOG (Resource Room)
1300: Grand Round (Teams)
1500: National Congenital Lung Lesion [monthly] (Teams)
Wednesday
0800: GI [1st Wed monthly] (Resource Room)
0800: Spinal [2nd Wed monthly] (Resource Room)
1230: A&E (Resource Room)
Thursday
1230: Respiratory & Medical (Resource Room)
1315: Rheumatology (Consultant Office)
Friday
0830: Oncology (Resource Room)
1000: National Epilepsy Surgery [monthly] (Conference Room)
1200: Neuro (Resource Room)
1300: ENT [not regular] (Resource Room)
1300: Fetal [monthly] (Teams)
Training Objectives
What we cover
We report all radiological examinations performed at RHCYP, Edinburgh and any paediatric work performed across Lothian. We report all plain films for the babies at the Simpson’s neonatal unit.
We also provide paediatric radiology cover for Fife: one consultant goes to Fife every Wednesday, all examinaIons for under 16 year olds are reported by us, and we cover paediatric on-call for Fife until 11 PM every day. Some reporting for paediatric MRI from Aberdeen and Dumfries is also covered.
What we expect from you
Your job is to assimilate in to the department and show us how good you are. In return we will show you techniques and discuss diagnoses in paediatric radiology. We will rely on you to keep us up to date with new techniques, particularly in CT.
Much of our work involves screening children so there are a large number of normal studies. The other extreme is the small number of bizarre diagnoses that you will see in your time with us. You should leave RHCYP confident in routine examinations and able not to panic when you see something weird.
Many facets of paediatric practice will be new to you and you will have to accept that you will be closely supervised. It is nothing personal. By the end of your time here we would like you to be able to:
Recognise common paediatric fractures
Recognise an abnormal paediatric chest X-ray
Diagnose transient synovitis on ultrasound
Perform routine renal tract and abdominal ultrasound without supervision
Have seen ultrasound of the brain, spine, pyloric stenosis and intussusception
Be competent using the screening equipment
Perform upper GI contrast studies (including rotation assessment) and MCUG
Formulate concise and accurate MRI and CT reports
Lead RHCYP clinical meetings: the A&E meeting is a good start
Use PACS effectively
What is not acceptable
We expect you to be on time, or to let us know if that is not going to be possible. We want to know in advance if you are not going to be here.
We expect you to treat children and their families gently and with empathy.
Don't have large volumes of work sitting waiting for verification. When you have 20 plain films or 5 MRIs, its time to stop and ask someone to check them.
Assessments
We expect you to ask us to perform regular assessments of your capabilities. These should cover different parts of our clinical practice and you should ask a range of consultants. We expect a minimum of 5 assessments per 4 month block but we'd prefer more.
Assessments should be performed prospectively - don't ask to do an IPX on a session of work after the session is over!
On Your First Day
Parking at Little France is exceptionally difficult. Public transport and cycling are much better options.
Come to Paediatric Imaging Department reception at 9 am. If you have been told the name of a specific radiologist to find, ask for them. Otherwise, ask for the duty radiologist who will be in the acute reporting room.
We look forward to meeting you!