PENINSULA HEALTH FRANKSTON HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE BASIC PHYSICIAN TRAINING PROGRAM 2010 1
Welcome to Peninsula Health This is a brief outline of Peninsula Health s Basic Physician Training Program. We take pride in our supportive, caring and educational environment. Peninsula Health implements the RACP PREP program. 2
Bayside/Peninsula Consortium Peninsula Health is a member of the Bayside/Peninsula Consortium. Members include: Peninsula Health Frankston Hospital Rosebud Hospital Golf Links Road Rehabilitation Hospital Alfred Health The Alfred Caulfield Hospital Sandringham Hospital Calvary Health Bethlehem Hospital Mildura Hospital Goulburn Valley Health (Shepparton) 3
Peninsula Health Peninsula Health is made up of 4 major programmes these are: Acute Health Psychiatry Aged Care and Rehabilitation Peninsula Health Community Health The Acute Health programme centres around Frankston Hospital, 390 beds, and Rosebud Hospital, 77 beds. Frankston Hospital comprises well developed Divisions of Medicine and Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, General Practice, Psychiatry, Critical Care, Anaesthesia, Radiology and Pathology. There are multiple consultants in each Division and appropriately designated ward and diagnostic areas. 4
Basic Physician Program Coordinated through the Department of Medicine at Frankston Hospital 9784 7250. In addition to Peninsula Health s educational programs, as members of the Bayside-Peninsula Consortium, all BPT s have access to The Alfred s written and components of the clinical FRACP programs. 5
Contacts At Peninsula Health Dr William Slater, Director Physician Training, Peninsula Health, Ph: (03) 9784 8590, Fax: (03) 9784 7567, email: wslater@phcn.vic.gov.au Assoc Professor Ian Carney, Clinical Director of Medicine, Ph: (03) 9784 7021, Fax: (03) 9784 7567, email: icarney@phcn.vic.gov.au Assoc Professor David Langton, Director Advanced Physician Training, Ph 9784 7994, Fax :(03) 9784 7567 davidlangton@phcn.vic.gov.au Dr Anmol Bassi, Director of General Medicine, Ph 9784 8495 Fax: (03) 9784 7567 email: abassi@phcn.vic.gov.au Ms Debbie Hobbs, Administrative Assistant, Department of Medicine, Ph: (03) 9784 7250, Fax: (03) 9784 7567, email: dhobbs@phcn.vic.gov.au Mr Peter Naughton, Workforce Unit Manager, Ph: (03) 9784 7725, Fax: (03) 9784 7380, email: pnaughton@phcn.vic.gov.au Ms Sarah Hawkins, Medical Education Officer, Ph: (03) 9784 1254, Fax: (03) 9784 7380, email: shawkins@phcn.vic.gov.au 6
Consortium Contacts Consortium Administrator: Karen Greenwood 9076 3126 Consortium Co-Directors of Physician Training: Dr Michael Oldmeadow (contact through Alfred switchboard 9076 2000) Dr Laila Rotstein (contact through Alfred switchboard 9076 2000) 7
BPT ROTATIONS PENINSULA HEALTH 8
Peninsula Health BPT Numbers Current Approximate Numbers: BPT1s 11 BPT 2s 11 BPT3+s 17 9
BPT ROTATIONS (Minor Changes may take place for 2011) 10
BPT Rotations BPTs rotate through the following rotations at Peninsula Health -all accredited by the RACP: Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Renal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Haematology/Oncology, Intensive Care, General Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Musculoskeletal and Acute Care of the Elderly. In addition one BPT (BPT2 or 3) rotates EACH TERM to Goulburn Valley Health and 2 (BPT2s or 3s) rotate to Alfred Health. 11
PENINSULA HEALTH FRACP PART 1 WRITTEN TRAINING PROGRAM 12
MCQ sessions There is a 3 hour teaching programme for medical registrars Thursday afternoon 1400-1700. 13
SATURDAY PROGRAMS, MCQ ORIENTED Based at The Alfred with some components at Frankston Hospital and open to ALL Bayside-Peninsula Consortium BPTs (most components will be available on podcast, through the consortium website, to BPTs sitting the written.) RENAL. RESPIRATORY. CARDIOLOGY. CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & RESEARCH. IMMUNOLOGY. HAEMATOLOGY. 14
MCQ sessions with specialty consultants covering the following topics Based at The Alfred with some components at Frankston Hospital and open to ALL Bayside-Peninsula Consortium BPTs (most tutorials will be available on podcast, through the consortium website, to BPTs sitting the written.) Aged care Auto-immune testing Biochemistry Endocrinology Gastroenterology Genetics Infectious Diseases Microbiology Neurology Neurology investigations Nuclear medicine Oncology Pedigree Psychiatry Radiology Renal Rheumatology Statistics Respiratory 15
PENINSULA HEALTH FRACP PART 1 CLINICAL TRAINING PROGRAM 16
Long Cases Each candidate scheduled for 2 cases weekly with a variety of senior consultants. Short Cases Weekly program covering specialty short cases. 17
Weekends Open to ALL BPTs Neurology weekend at The Alfred. Short cases weekend at Alfred. Trial exam at Alfred/Frankston hospitals. 18
CLASSROOM CLINICAL TUTORIAL PROGRAM Based at The Alfred with some components at Frankston Hospital and open to ALL Bayside- Peninsula Consortium BPTs (most tutorials will be available on podcast, through the consortium website, to BPTs sitting the clinical.) 19
Tutorials Directed at Long & Short Cases Long Cases: Diabetes CRF, Dialysis, Renal Tx SLE Hepatitis Depression Chronic pain Pre-operative assessments How to answer the questions 20
Tutorials Directed at Long & Short Cases Short Cases: Cardiology short case Respiratory short case Abdominal examination short case Neurology short case Joint examination short case 21
Very Best Wishes 22