GICU junior doctors' induction programme

The one and only, revolutionary, all singing and dancing, GICU, rolling, 10 minute, beginning of the sit down ward round, training / induction programme.

  1. Shifts, rotas, annual leave, study leave, sickness / absence, disputes and arbitration
  2. Teaching – Moodle, Thursday mornings, ALERT (volunteers to teach), other teaching opportunities / teacher training
  3. Infection control – dress (watches etc) / hand washing / gloves, aprons, gowns, eyewear / handling lines / line insertion / what to do in the event of needle stick
  4. Notes and ward rounds / discharge forms / communication / death - certificates, cremation forms, coroner.
  5. Airways / “6111” / tracheostomies
  6. End of life care and DNAR policy
  7. Referrals & WARD WATCHER diagnostic coding
  8. Transfers around the hospital and further afield
  9. Daily checklist of things to think about / empirical antibiotic guidelines / other ICU drugisms
  10. Post-operative optimisation / goal directed therapy
  11. Ventilators – a beginners guide
  12. NG tubes / GI bleeds / intra-abdominal pressure
  13. Physios – what we do / what we don’t do / spinal clearance forms
  14. Renal replacement therapy – a beginners guide
  15. Current research / studies / audits – a what’s going on guide
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