Training
Training SitesQLD - Princess Alexandra Hospital (Brisbane)
Notes
600 bed tertiary teaching hospital in southern Brisbane incorporating University
of Queensland Southern Clinical School. Southbank Parklands, Convention Centre
and Performing Arts complex nearby
Training Positions
| Number of Training Positions: |
6 |
| Duration of Accredited Advanced Training: |
3 years |
| Date of Most Recent Survey: |
2000 |
| Date of Next Survey: |
2004 |
Description of Service
Organisation
| Staff: |
1 full-time director; 2 part-time specialists;
3 visiting medical officers |
| Units: |
6 medical units of 12-15 beds each staffed by consultant,
registrar and resident |
IM Demographics
| IM Beds: |
80 beds (24% of all Div Med beds) |
| IM Inpatient Activity: |
3800 separations pa |
| IM Outpatient Clinics: |
5700 occasions of service pa |
| IM Specialty Interests / Special Units: |
Clinical pharmacology
Acute stroke medicine (Acute Stroke Unit)
Geriatric medicine
Clinical epidemiology and health services research (Clinical Services
Evaluation Unit is affiliated with department and headed by unit director) |
Formal Training
| Lectures: |
Specialty units have weekly tutorial
program |
| Journal Club: |
Weekly |
| Grand Rounds: |
Weekly |
| Consult Rounds: |
2 per week; daily informal contact |
| Specialty Rotations: |
3-6 month rotations negotiable in:
Vascular Medicine, Hypertension, Renal medicine, Neurology, Infectious
Diseases, Cardiology,
Respiratory Medicine (with bronchoscopy experience).
Trainees in general medical units also participate in OPD clinics in
Respiratory Medicine and Hypertension |
| Research: |
Active research program in health services research,
evidence-based medicine, quality improvement science |
| Quality Improvement: |
Fortnightly mortality and morbidity meetings; monthly
unit business meetings; weekly case conferences; extended care program
for high-risk patients; nurse clinical facilitators |
Trainee Responsibilities in IM
| Coverage Roster: |
1 in 4 to 1 in 6 after hours evening
roster (4.30-10.30pm); single 8-hour week-end shift; no night duty |
| Workload in Medicine Units: |
One 24-hour admission on-take per week with one
in 4 week-end 24-hour on-take
2 ward rounds and 2 OPD sessions per week |
| Teaching Responsibilities |
Yes, to junior staff/nursing/RMO/students |
| Research/presentations: |
Bi-annual clinical audits; Grand Rounds presentation
every 6 months |
Infrastructure
| Library: |
Yes |
| Personal email: |
Yes |
| Facilities: |
Registrar’s room with security lockers |
| Information Technology: |
2 computer workstations, 1 PACS workstation in
each 26 bed ward |
| Director Physician Training: |
Yes |
Contact
Head of Unit
Dr Ian Scott FRACP MHA MEd
Phone: 07-32407355
Fax: 07-32407131
Email: ian_scott@health.qld.gov.au
Hospital / Health Service Website
www.health.qld.gov.au/pahospital
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