Training
Training Sites
NZ - 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 |
Other Clinics/Programs:
| Acute medical assessment or planning unit: |
Yes / No |
| Multidisciplinary chronic disease
management clinic or program: |
Yes / No |
| Multidisciplinary clinic or program that specifically
targets patients at high risk of hospital admission (or readmission): |
Yes / No |
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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