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Newham University Hospital NHS
Trust
Foundation Programme
2010-11
Newham Gateway Surgical Centre
Olympic Site in Newham
FOUNDATION PROGRAMME YEAR 1
• WHY YOU SHOULD CHOOSE NEWHAM?
Why come to Newham
• huge
ethnic and cultural diversity
• wide range of pathology including lots of cases you
won’t see elsewhere
• excellent teaching programme
• easy commute
• banded jobs (and compliant rotas)
• never a dull moment
• relatively small friendly hospital (30 fy1s)
Foundation year one
• 30 posts
• 3 x 4 month placements
• Including general surgery, urology, general and
geriatric medicine
• Orthopaedics, paediatrics, Obs & Gynae.
• Single site
• EWTD compliant
• Linked F2 posts
HIV seroprevalence in Newham = 1:140
Interesting presentations of late stage disease
Strongyloidees stercoralis
Larvae migrating through lung
Cerebral toxoplasmosis
Cavitating Multi Drug Resistant TB
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
Banding
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F1
Band 1a for surgery, half the
time they are banded in
orthopaedics while on call for
surgery
1b for medicine
Paeds and OandG no banding
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F2
Band 1a for AandE, paediatrics
and OandG
1b for medicine and surgery and
orthopaedics
GP and public health, no
banding
Supervision and support
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Clinical supervisor
Educational supervisor
Foundation programme directors –
Simon Limb and Alan Naftalin
Foundation programme Coordinator
Foundation Programme Faculty Group
F1 and F2 representative
Regular reviews of programme with Trainees
Knowledge & Library Service
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Web enabled
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Flexible service
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NewhamCat portal to resources (Google it and see)
UpToDate
Ejournal focus (BMJ Group, Wiley/Blackwell, AMA)
Knowledge Alerts – simple, targeted updating
www.123doc.doc foundation journal
Support with literature searches
Varied study spaces (some 24 / 7) with 16 PCs
Regular tailored training sessions
Rapidly source any book or article
High level of book purchase in response to recommendations
Top in NEL for access and resources in PMETB survey
FY1 Education and Training
• Weekly Tuesday bleep free hourly sessions - alternate sessions
clinical one week, and personal and professional session the
other week
• Weekly Friday lunchtime sessions and 10 monthly two hour
sessions capturing the generic competencies in the curriculum
• Clinical supervision meetings
• Educational supervision meetings
• Assessments
• Clinical skills training
• Simulation skills training
• ILS training