1. Geriatric Training in SE Scotland

2. South East Scotland

3. SE Scotland Trainees 20 Trainees 3 Male!
Additional Trainees in stroke medicine
3 Flexible Trainees
2 Trainees reps on Training Committee – 1 SPR, 1 ST

4. SE Scotland Trainees

5. Clinical Attachments 2 Teaching Hospitals 3 DGHs
2 Geriatric Rehab Hospitals
Western General Hospital – GIM, Acute Geriatric Medicine
New Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh – GIM, Acute Geriatric Medicine

6. Clinical Attachments
Queen Margaret Hospital Dunfermline – GIM, Geriatric Medicine
St John’s Hospital Livingstone – GIM, Geriatric Medicine
Borders General Hospital – GIM, Geriatric Medicine

7. Clinical Attachments Liberton Hospital – Geriatric Medicine
Royal Victoria Hospital – Geriatric Medicine

8. Clinical Attachments
Traditionally SPRs do Year One in GIM at a DGH then Year Two in Geriatrics at same DGH
Many ST3s have started in Teaching Hospitals
Overall spend 3 Years in Geriatric Medicine and 2 in GIM

9. South East Scotland!!!

10. Geriatrics Rolling Training Programme
Training days in geriatric medicine happen around once per 2 months
Cover geriatric specialist and related topics
Organised and run by 3 Trainees and one Consultant supervisor
Presentations by guest speakers from specialties

11. Geriatrics Rolling Training Programme
Several topics on each day are researched and presented by trainees
Aims to cover topics based on curriculum
Rolling programme which repeats every three years – so over 5 years a second chance to attend most days!

12. Recent Topics Continence Palliative Care (with GIM) Psychiatry
Death and Dying
Research in Geriatric Medicine
Stroke

13. Upcoming Topics
Rheumatology
Neurology
Oncology
Communication Skills

14. South East Scotland!!

15. GIM Training Program Training days Occur once per 2 months
Cover diverse topics, generally no “theme”
Generally Lecture based in a.m. and interactive tutorials in p.m.

16. Educational Opportunities
Lister Generic Courses
RCPE Symposia

17. South East Scotland!

18. Hospital Teaching
RVH - Twice weekly educational meetings. One of which is “MDT”, also can attend Grand Round at WGH
Borders – 4 meetings per week: Elderly medicine; Grand Round; Journal Club; X-ray Meeting

19. Hospital Teaching QMH – Weekly lunchtime meeting, monthly Grand Round
Liberton – Weekly formal teaching, X-ray Meeting
RIE – Weekly lunchtime educational session in MOE, Weekly X-ray meeting, Monthly Geriatric Research Seminar, Weekly Grand Round

20. South East Scotland!

21. Good Things Excellent Training Days! Good encouragement of Research
Excellent learning opportunities on clinical attachments
All the wonders of SE Scotland as illustrated

22. Bad Things Too early to say?
Uncertainty regarding implementation of ST Training

23. South East Scotland!?!?!