Acute Medicine
Before you start (e.g. people to meet, preparation, etc.)
The Department (e.g. location/layout, important places/things, etc.)
The speciality team (e.g. MDT, other hospitals/depts, team structure, consultants/SpRs/CTs/other, etc.)
The typical rotation (e.g. acute block, ward block, annual/study leave, etc.)
The typical week (e.g. meetings, MDTs, clinics, theatres, teaching, etc.)
The typical patient (common cases/workup/investigations/surgical/medical issues/differential diagnoses/management plans)
Admission/discharge/patient turnover (e.g. routes of admission, admission clerking, typical patient stay, turnover, discharge issues, social, hospital@home, follow-up, etc.)
Common jobs and how to do them
Patient responsibility (e.g. senior support, handover, out of hours)
Useful telephone numbers/bleeps (seniors, juniors, other departments/hospitals)
Rotas and work/life balance
Definitions/glossary