Training
Training SitesNZ - Tauranga General Hospital
Notes
Non teaching hospital re undergrad. Popular resort town in North Island.
15% Maori population. Lifestyle idyllic
Training Positions
| Number of Training Positions: |
5-6 |
| Duration of Accredited Advanced Training: |
?3 years |
| Date of Most Recent Survey: |
- |
| Date of Next Survey: |
- |
Description of Service
Organisation
| Staff: |
7 participants in gen. med. roster.
Also subspecialty attachments to most subspecialties |
| Units: |
3 wards, and Geriatric unit. Total approx 100 beds.
Comprehensive OPD service and investigative facilities appropriate
for secondary service for population of 140,000. Also support for smaller
provincial hospital for pop of approx 55,000 (Whakatane Hospital). |
IM Demographics
| IM Beds: |
100 |
| IM Inpatient Activity: |
10000 pa (including Day Stay eg for endoscopy) |
| IM Outpatient Clinics: |
18000 pa |
| IM Specialty Interests / Special Units: |
Acute stroke facility
Cardiology
Geriatrics
ID
Rheumatology
Diabetes
Respiratory
Gastro |
Formal Training
| Lectures: |
Regular, and departmental clinical
meeting once per week. |
| Journal Club: |
Numerous per week |
| Grand Rounds: |
Weekly |
| Consult Rounds: |
Regular, mostly 2/wk/consultant. |
| Specialty Rotations: |
Negotiable all specialties esp neurology, cardiology |
| Research: |
Active programme. 4 nurse research staff |
| Quality Improvement: |
Monthly audit; M+M monthly
Regular business meetings, Nurse case managers for some areas, eg CCF,
COPD, Antibiotics in the home, Chronic viral hepatitis |
Trainee Responsibilities in IM
| Coverage Roster: |
variable, approx 1:5. RMO regulations
tightly control on call time. |
| Workload in Medicine Units: |
15-20 patients |
| Teaching Responsibilities |
To RMO’s, nurses, trainee interns |
| Research/presentations: |
As appropriate/needed |
Infrastructure
| Library: |
excellent |
| Personal email: |
yes |
| Facilities: |
- |
| Information Technology: |
Several work stations each ward.IT reasonable |
| Director Physician Training: |
Yes (Dr B Dwyer) |
Contact
Head of Unit
Dr N Graham
Phone: 64 27 4534038
Fax: 64 7 5779964
Email: neil.graham@bopdhb.govt.nz
Hospital / Health Service Website
www.bopdhb.govt.nz
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