For details of upcoming regional training days across the South West please see here
Training Programme Director – Dr Sarah Gillett
Relevance:
40-50% of ward patients could be classified as GIM cases
The numbers are likely to increase with age
Common categories:
- Acute geriatric
- Physical manifestations of mental health including substance abuse
- Acute complications of malignancies
- Acute exacerbations of chronic diseases
- Miscellaneous Specialities involved:
- Respiratory
- Endocrinology
- Medicine for the elderly
- Gastro-enterology
- Cardiology
- Renal Medicine
- Immunology
- Rheumatology
Components of training:
- Unselected medical takes
- Unselected out of hours acute ward referral
- Follow up of a proportion of acutely admitted patients in wards
Duration of training:
- 36 months for all medical specialities
- 24 months + Cardiology and Renal Medicine
Cardiology and Renal Medicine:
- Year 1-2: High intensity GIM Training
- Year 3-4: 75% structured study days
- Year 5-6: 3 months of high intensity training
- or 6 months of low intensity training
In addition, at RITA/ PYA, SpR’s need to demonstrate
- 75% attendance of SW structured study days or equivalent
- Management course
- ALS certificate
- GIM audit
Familiarity with ethical and legal issues
- Advanced directives
- Living well
- DVLA issues
- Withdrawal and withholding treatment
- Management of relatives
- Able to balance duties to patients and to employers
The G(I)M Curriculum
Refer to the JRCPTB website for further information on the G(I)M Curriculum and transferring to the new Curriculum. In particular, there are links half way down the page with useful information on the transferring process:
Logbook Template
The JRCPTB have issued a logbook template for trainees to use to document requirements in the new curriculum. See:
Speciatly Training Representative
For further information regarding rotations, the curriculum, and assessments please contact Dr Sarah Gillett, General Internal Medicine Training Programme Director or Gio McGinty, Specialty Training Rep Dr Gio McGinty