Training
Training SitesNZ - Rotorua Hospital
Notes
A 200-bed (Inpatient 178-beds with 22-day beds) district hospital, serving
a local population of 65,000 and a rural population of 35,000. 35% of the
population are indigenous New Zealand Maori.
Training Positions
| Number of Training Positions: |
6 |
| Duration of Accredited Advanced Training: |
12 months in General Medicine |
| Date of Most Recent Survey: |
No site surveys in NZ |
| Date of Next Survey: |
Training programme is prospectively approved by
the SAC in General Medicine |
Description of Service
Organisation
| Staff: |
6 full time specialists who rotate
in turn on and off the ward supported by 7 Medical Registrars and 7
House Officers |
| Units: |
2 Medical Units each with 16 and 20 beds each staffed
by senior staff. Medical Units also includes a 4-bed CCU and ICU beds
for medical patients, all managed by the medical staff. |
IM Demographics
| IM Beds: |
36- 40
Elderly Services Beds: 16 - 20 |
| IM Inpatient Activity: |
- |
| IM Outpatient Clinics: |
General Medicine/Sleep Apnoea - 7048 |
| IM Specialty Interests / Special Units: |
Elderly Service Unit with Geriatricians
Respiratory Medicine
Gastroenterology
Diabetes / Endocrinology with Community Diabetes |
Formal Training
| Lectures: |
Weekly |
| Journal Club: |
Weekly |
| Grand Rounds: |
Weekly |
| Consult Rounds: |
2 per Consultant per week and daily contact |
| Specialty Rotations: |
General Medicine with unselected general medical
take and the teams responsible care for all patients with no subspecialty
patients removed |
| Research: |
There are opportunities for audit and research
projects |
| Quality Improvement: |
Monthly audit/morbidity meeting |
Trainee Responsibilities in IM
| Coverage Roster: |
1 : 6 after hours nights |
| Workload in Medicine Units: |
Maximum of 2 x 16 hour days a week and rostered
nights 1 : 6 |
| Teaching Responsibilities |
Yes to Junior staff |
| Research/presentations: |
Registrars are expected to present Evidence Based
Medicine topics on a regular basis in the teaching programme |
Infrastructure
| Library: |
Yes |
| Personal email: |
Yes |
| Facilities: |
Personnel lounge and on call room |
| Information Technology: |
2 to 3 work stations per ward |
| Director Physician Training: |
Yes |
Contact
Head of Unit
Dr Reg Quinn
Phone: (07) 348 1199
Fax: (07) 349 7952
Email: reg.quinn@lakesdhb.govt.nz
Hospital / Health Service Website
www.lakesdbh.govt.nz
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