South Thames Foundation School

Postgraduate Centre

There is a purpose-built Postgraduate Conference Centre providing a venue for postgraduate medical and dental activities within the Trust. The Centre comprises a fully equipped lecture theatre and three seminar rooms:

Bill Whimster lecture theatre
Seats 80 people, equipped with latest audio-visual facilities.

Clare Vaughan seminar room
Seats 60 people with audio-visual equipment available. There is an acoustic partition dividing the area into 30/30 seating capacity.

Victor Parsons seminar room
Seats 15, audio-visual facilities available.

The Buttery
Refreshment area, seats 35 at small round tables. Catering is supplied by King’s College London.

Library Facilities

As an employee of King’s College Hospital you will have access to the Information Services & Systems (ISS) at King’s College London. This service provides integrated IT and information services enabling access to an extensive range of tools and research and teaching resources.  Within the Weston Education Centre we have one of the five Information Services Centres and libraries, which are located across the five main campuses offering subject-specific resources with help and advice from qualified staff.

 Information Specialists work  to ensure students and researchers can locate the most up to date resources available – either online or in print. We aim to provide a world-class e-research service and 24/7 access to e-resources.
 
Underpinning this drive towards 24 hour access is the College’s IT infrastructure. ISS maintains the desktop network and telephony system throughout the College. Audio Visual services are also part of the portfolio. Through the three year Connected Campus project, now in its second year, ISS are facilitating greater connectivity across campuses to offer increased access to research resources and enhanced opportunities for collaboration.

IT Facilities

Within the MESS there is a separate room where there are 5 web-enabled PCs (installed Nov 2008) and a networked printer. 

Other Facilities
(Recreational or otherwise)

Doctors’ Mess

The Doctors’ MESS at King’s provides a relaxing environment for our doctors, with SKY, a kitchen regularly stocked with fresh fruit, bread and milk, and newspapers. 

Local Amenities/ Attractions

Close proximity/easy access to Central London and Dulwich Village.

Transport Links

King's is located in Camberwell in central London, with good public transport links.

Parking Arrangements

Accolades/
Achievements of the Trust

King’s College Hospital is part of a pioneering global collaboration, King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC).   This collaboration between one of the world’s leading research-led universities, King’s College London, and three of London’s most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, King’s College Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ is an exciting opportunity.    The driving purpose of which is to continually seek and bring about swifter and more effective improvements in health and well-being for our patients in London and people everywhere. Combining the best of basic and translational research, clinical excellence and world-class teaching to deliver groundbreaking advances in physical and mental healthcare.

Any Additional Information

King’s College Hospital is a large Teaching Hospital and NHS Foundation Trust situated in South Central London. It provides healthcare for residents of a densely populated surrounding locality, as well as many tertiary services for South-East England and beyond.

Our Department is based within the Weston Education Centre, situated next to King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill.  This affords us the luxury of a well equipped Postgraduate Conference Centre, within close proximity of the library facilities of Kings College London as well as the King’s Hospital.

Accommodation

F1 trainees may apply to live in hospital accommodation should they wish.  Accommodation comprises self-contained studios costs of which were £605 per month during 2009/10 but which will be reviewed in advance of August 2010 programmes commencing. 

Shadowing

The shadowing experience provides the opportunity for students to work along side the FY1 from whom they will be taking over from. They gain an insight into the role and responsibilities of a junior doctor, have first hand experience of working with other members of the team, communicating with patients and developing an understanding of how the NHS generally works.  

Tasters

All F2 trainees have the opportunity to do a ‘taster’ week of their choice in any specialty within the Trust, or outside the Trust if necessary.

Teaching Programme

Since August 2008 we have had 51 F1 and 39 F2 trainees at King’s. The majority of F1 rotations comprise four 3 month placements, whilst some F1 and all F2 rotations consist of three 4 month placements. All F2 rotations include an Accident and Emergency placement.

There is protected, bleep free teaching for all F1’s at lunchtime once a week, in addition to which there are several half-day workshops. The F2 teaching programme includes ALS, mini-ATLS etc., a two day ‘F2 Professional Development’ course and access to a multitude of specialty teaching programmes across the Trust.  There is a substantial team within the Department of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education (PGMDE), several of whom work almost exclusively for the Foundation Training Programme. Although we have a large number of Foundation Trainees, we pride ourselves on looking after the individual needs of each of them. Central to this is the role of the Clinical Facilitator.

Simulation

Simulation training will be provided in collaboration Guys and St Thomas’ (GSTT) in a dedicated simulator training facility at GSTT.

Social Activities

We have a very pro-active committee who are keen for those subscribing to have plenty of opportunity to socialise and unwind, including a football society, and monthly evening events.

Any Additional Information

Our commitment to training was demonstrated in the 2008 PMETB National trainee survey, pmetb.org.uk/fileadmin/user/QA/Trainee_Survey/ National_Survey_of_Trainees_2007_Summary_Report_20080723-Final.pdf in which F2 trainees at King’s recommended their posts more highly than at any other Trust in London.