Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust

Director of Medical Education

Miss Julie Kohls-Gatzoulis/Dr Jane Tilley

Clinical Tutor

n/a

Foundation Training Programme Director(s)

Miss Julie Kohls-Gatzoulis (F1)
Dr Shilpa Gajjar (F2)

Careers Tutor(s)

Mrs Louise Duffield

Medical Education Manager

Mrs Louise Duffield

Medical Staffing Manager

Mrs Ali Littlewood

Foundation Programme Administrator(s)

Ms Karen Heynike  (F1)
Mrs Tracey Cookman (F2)

Postgraduate Centre

The education centre is on site and houses a library with 24 hour access and a simulation suite for clinical teaching and a communication skills room which is recognised as a centre of excellence for simulation by KSS.

Accommodation

Several types of accommodation are available.
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Social activities

There is a social club on site.

Doctors' mess

There is an active Doctors mess which is usually run by the F1s. The current mess holds regular Mess event and this year includes a Summer Ball.

Library facilities

Library Facilities

• 24 hour access to the library and PCs.
• WIFI
• Helpful library staff available to assist Monday – Friday 9am to 5pm.
• Seminar room available to book for group study / journal clubs.
• Access to full text electronic journals via Athens plus a range of print journals.
• Good range of core textbooks available for loan.
• Fast and efficient inter-library loan service for items not held by the library.
• Looking for the latest evidence and information? Use our literature searching service and let us find it for you.
• Want to update and improve your searching skills? The library team provides full training in the effective use of medical databases and e-journals.
• Located within the Education Centre.

Visit: www.libraryroyalsurrey.nhs.uk for more information. Or email: rsc-tr.library@nhs.net

IT facilities

9 networked PCs in the Learning Resource Centre plus a further 8 with external broadband access.

Other facilities (Recreational or otherwise)

The Surrey Sports park is located nearby. http://www.surreysportspark.co.uk/

Local amenities/attractions

Living in Guildford and Surrey
Guildford and the surrounding area is a great place to live. It is a busy city, and only 35 minutes from London by train. Guildford has all the amenities that you could need - great shopping, outstanding schools, extensive sports and leisure facilities, good restaurants, multi-screen cinema in the town centre and access to beautiful countryside. Around Guildford you will find some of the most attractive villages in the South East, providing an alternative to the city life.

The Royal Surrey is only 10 minutes by bus from Guildford train station and a 30 minute walk. 
More information about living in Surrey can be found on Surrey County Council’s website.

Transport links

The city is located just off the A3 and is only 15 minutes from the M25 (J10) and 45 minutes from the south coast. 

Parking arrangements

On-site parking permits can be applied for.

Accolades/achievements of the trust

The Royal Surrey County Hospital is a leading District General Hospital and specialist tertiary centre for cancer, ENT, oral and Maxillo-facial surgery and pathology. The hospital serves a population of 320,000 for emergency and general hospital services and is the lead specialist centre for cancer patients in Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire, serving a population of 1.2 million. 

Our annual income is £180 million and we have 528 beds and 14 operating theatres. We employ 3,300 staff, making us the second largest employer in Guildford. We have very close links with the University of Surrey and have an extensive education, training and research portfolio. The trust is a national leader in surgical training and laparoscopic surgery and a national and international training centre for complex, minimal access surgery. 

The Royal Surrey is closely associated with the world renowned Minimal Access Training Unit (MATTU) where a large number of surgical consultants hold honorary positions. Subsequently the Royal Surrey boasts of amongst the most advanced laparoscopic surgery and provides ample opportunity for interesting cases. Patients at the Royal Surrey also benefit from state of the art diagnostic equipment and one of the lowest mortality rates in the country.

Any additional information

The Royal Surrey County Hospital is a district general hospital with a few differences. It has a tertiary referral cancer centre (St. Lukes) providing care for patients from a large catchment area. Many surgical firms also offer complex surgery to patients from a wide area. There is an efficient, well run A&E department with separate medical and surgical assessment units. Stroke services include an acute stroke unit and 24/7 thrombolysis. 

There are strong links with University of Surrey supporting academic excellence. The foundation team is well established having worked together for more than five years. There are strong links with South Thames Foundation School and other local Trusts.

Induction/shadowing arrangements

We organise a Professional Practice Week/Induction for F1 doctors. All FY2 doctors are invited to meet the Foundation Programme Director prior to their start date.

Educational and clinical supervision

The Education Supervisor who is also your Clinical Supervisor for your first attachment who will have responsibility for your education throughout the year. They will agree your personal development plan, discuss career progression and make recommendation to the Faculty with regard to sign off. In addition you will also be supported by a Clinical Supervisor as you rotate through your attachments who will be responsible for your teaching and supervision whist you are on their firm.

Teaching programme

F1 Doctors
In August 2013, there will be 31 F1 posts rotating through medical and surgical specialties. The posts comprise of three 4 month placements to maximise exposure to different specialties. There will be 33 F2 posts. These comprise three four months posts. We have been able to accommodate changes to these rotations with internal swaps where educationally appropriate.

The F1 rota is EWTD compliant for 2012.  The rota is consistent in all specialties across medicine and surgery and is based on a continuous fifteen week cycle rotating throughout the year.  The rota includes acute weeks, where the F1 doctor is on call and non-acute weeks where they are ward-based.

In the F1 programme we adopt a variety of learning approaches. These include ward based clinical teaching, exposure to outpatients and theatres, group learning, private study, simulation, reflective practice, audit projects as well as regular weekly teaching.

“The Royal Surrey is a lovely place to work. Everybody’s really friendly and genuinely approachable. As an F1 you get a lot of good on-call experience. Nights and weekends are scary at first, but you learn a lot.” Louise Cripps, F1 doctor at Royal Surrey County Hospital.

F2 Doctors
Study leave entitlement is usually 10 days but is more in some specialties with fixed rotas which include choice weeks. F2 doctors are encouraged to use this time to complete ALS and then to focus on career choice and developing their portfolios. All F2 doctors have 2-3 individual career meetings with the Foundation director and Careers Lead for the Trust. The rotas and banding for F2 doctors varies between specialties.

Tasters

All FY1 doctors in both Medicine and Surgery will have a taster week towards the end of their year. The aim of this is to help make a career decision. 

Simulation

Here at the RSCH Medical Education Centre we have over the past few years built and developed MediSim, a purpose built facility for the delivery of full immersion simulation and a KSS Deanery centre of excellence. As a Foundation Programme doctor access to simulation takes place on a regular basis throughout the year.

For FY1 trainees 6 sessions are available through the year, giving a total of 9hrs of individual involvement in simulation covering 12 Scenarios. All the scenarios have been developed and mapped to the curriculum and look at many different areas of practice in the first 2 years of training. These simulation sessions are aimed at assisting the on-going development of the trainee doctor at all levels, from communication and practical skills to management and leadership. 

For FY2 doctors there is also the opportunity to be involved in the Faculty for the creation, implementation and delivery of simulation scenarios for FY1 doctors and medical students. In 2011 we introduced specialty simulation days to give FY2 the chance to prepare for the application process by spending a day in simulation for their chosen specialty. We also organise two generic half days of simulation.

All FY1 and FY2 doctors also have the chance to be involved in various multi-disciplinary simulation sessions that are also run on a number of occasions through the year and again involve many different areas of practice. Such sessions include trauma days and “on the ward” resuscitation. Reflection and teaching session post simulation are very relaxed and aim to give 360°feedback, as well as practical advice.

“Very good. The last simulation scenario I did (asthma) helped me get prompter ITU involvement in A&E afterwards.” - FY2
“Good relaxed atmosphere. Able to ask questions freely. Good range of scenarios.” - FY1
“Very useful!  Great way of learning about your own practice.” - FY1

Foundation doctor forums

There are weekly medical journal club breakfast meetings which our Foundation Doctors are invited to attend if appropriate. We also organise surgical teaching for those with an interest in applying for surgical training. We encourage our Foundation doctors to meet with Medical Students and get involved with teaching and simulation training. The foundation faculty group has 4 Trainee reps on the committee and their role is to gather opinions and suggestions from their colleagues to be shared at the Foundation group meetings. Each month we organise Education Half Days with a Medical Director’s hour which gives doctors the opportunity to meet and learn in their teams.

Any additional information

The foundation team is well established having worked together for more than three years. There are strong links with South Thames Foundation School and other local Trusts.