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The Postgraduate Newsletter - Issue 5 - June 2011 - Designed and Published by Angela Pendleton Every year Lynne Cox, Undergraduate coordinator organises a final year OSCEs day for all medical students on placement at Maidstone to help with their exams. Volunteer doctors (usually led by F1 Trainees) help Lynne to run this day . This year Sam Harmer was the lead and has written an overview below. The feedback from students highlighted the importance of running mocks exams, many suggesting the experience was invaluable to their finals preparation. Pictures right is Dr Charlotte Woodhouse CMT Trainee, who volunteered to help on one of the stations An immense appreciation is extended to all the members of staff who helped make the day such fun and a great success. Also, immeasurable gratitude simply must go to our willing patients who gave up their time and allowed nearly 30 students to examine them over and over again. Final year OSCEs are a nightmare for most medical students. There is often a dreaded fear that your mouth will go dry and your palms so sweaty that you can barely say your own name, let alone hold a tendon hammer and examine reflexes. Dr Sam Harmer Foundation Yr 1 Trainee Maidstone Hospital The 14 th of April saw an influx of final year medical students wandering the postgraduate centre with frantic faces. What with finals looming and the pressure building, medical students from both King’s College and St George’s were invited to a mock OSCE to assist in the preparation for their big day. The mock exam was divided into two sessions. There were 15 stations designed to include a range of possible finals exams. Such delights as examining the cardiovascular, respiratory and abdominal systems, taking histories, completing prescription charts, inserting a naso-gastric tube into a mannequin and active oxygen management stations were all eagerly examined. Pictures Left is Dr Paul Scully, F2 Trainee, who volunteered to help on one of the stations 18
The Postgraduate Newsletter - Issue 5 - June 2011 - Designed and Published by Angela Pendleton Dr Dina El-Hamamsy - Specialty Doctor in Obs & Gynae at Maidstone 2009-2010 - Audit It has been my pleasure and honour to be invited to present the results of my survey at Maidstone hospital after I had moved to East of England Multi‐professional Deanery. It was Christmas time 2010 and we enjoyed a Christmas quiz and prizes too. The survey looked at attendance of doctors Monday and Friday lunchtime teaching from May 2009 to April 2010. Attendance was generally homogenous along the year and over the week, and most attendees were SHOs of medical specialties. We explored the various factors contributing to poor turn up of Registrars especially in O/G, Anaesthesia & ITU who came at the bottom of the list. It was such an interactive session and we handed out a questionnaire (Xmas quiz) to shed light on the audience perspective of the issue. Prizes had motivated everybody to participate! It showed that our Postgraduate team had made a great effort making everybody aware of the teaching plans via emails, at induction, ..etc. It was also interesting to see how many of our colleagues didn’t understand the concept of protected teaching and that it was actually for them. Simply, it is bleep‐free (unless on‐call), and it is for ALL doctors except consultants (including specialty doctors). Suggestions to improve attendance included multi‐disciplinary topics, variety of speakers (perhaps from other regions), involving the poorly attending specialties in teaching, and making it generally more interesting eg competitions and prizes. Some even suggested that lunch could be more yummy! I have to say I enjoyed the experience, and I would like to take this opportunity to encourage all junior doctors to make the best use of all available learning opportunities. I would also urge various departments to safeguard the bleep‐free teaching sessions, which is tough as we all know. Finally, I would like to thank Miss Ogunnoiki, who guided and supported me all through my Medical Education ATSM. Special thanks to Dr Thom, Angela Pendleton, and Celia Cusworth for all their support doing my work and bringing it to light. Dr Dina El‐Hamamsy MBBCh, MSc, MRCOG O/G ST3 L & D Hospital. Postgraduate Centre Domestics organise football team to raise money for the hospital sponsored by the League of Friends In April 2011 an idea was floated between Clive Hedges and Jonathan Harris, both Domestic staff, at Maidstone Hospital, about starting a Hospital Charity Football Team for Maidstone. They took the idea to the Directors and the first MGFC (Maidstone General Football Club) was born. The club is open to everyone to join, within the Trust (both male and female) and they train at Mote Park in Maidstone every Saturday. They play 11 a‐side. Left to Right Robert Osborne Team Player from Oncology at Maidstone and Jonathan Harris Team Manager The proceeds from each game will be going to the Hospital and/or charity of choice. Their first game is in June against City and Kent Football Club, who have kindly donated their kit and Maidstone Hospital League of Friends have also kindly agreed to sponsor them. Other teams who have shown an interest in playing against them are Arriva Buses, Kent Police, South East Coast Ambulance Service. They have recently been informed that we will be playing Maidstone Athletic Football Club in August this year, which will attract a lot of media coverage. Contact number ‐ Jonathan Harris 07716585620! 19
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