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ME4019 Acute Medicine & critical care - Block 1, Inverness (2026 - 2027)

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What helped you to feel welcome?

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Staff were so nice and welcoming!!
Staff were very kind and welcoming
The clinical staff in every rotation did their best to make me feel like part of the team. They were also very supportive in my learning and were eager to teach me more about their relevant specialty.
Lots of friendly staff who made me feel welcome.
Dr Thomas being a really kind and helpful block lead. Plenty of opportunities to get involved and staff supporting me to find these
all the staff were so nice

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had lots
Lots of freedom to interact with patients
I had the chance to see many patients on this block. I feel as if I learned a lot from each patient's conditions and presentations. It allowed me to improve on my clinical knowledge and clinical reasoning. I also felt that the opportunity we had during the renal rotation to talk to some patients on dialysis was especially invaluable as it allowed us to learn more about what life was like for them, and also about dialysis in general.
Got lots of experience clerking, reviewing, performing procedures and talking to patients.
Sometimes due to nature of patients on wards, there sometimes not any suitable patients to practice h and e for specific specialities (renal). But again on the whole, great opportunities to speak to patients
I was able to take history , examine and perform practical procedures on patients nearly every day of my placement

As this block contains different specialties, please make it clear in your comments which specialty you are referring to. Please note any particularly good educational experiences and state why:

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Cardiology - lots too do, clinics and staff were very willing to teach and fast pace of the ward was very fun! Respiratory - staff were very warm and welcoming too
The renal rotation and speaking to patients on dialysis. It allowed us to understand what life was like for people on dialysis and also the intricacies of dialysis which aren't really explained well in medical school.
HDU and cardiology had the most learning opportunities to perform tasks and reviews under direct and indirect supervision.
HDU - experiencing a stroke admission in ED - great to understand how hospital works as a system and real life application of h, e, investigations altogether in an acute setting. Cardio - great to see cath lab Scope - interesting to see and connect learning Renal - great to learn about fistulas in a clinical setting, as well as clinician getting you to take history/exam without knowing condition beforehand Gastro - Liver MDT presentation was great to see and be a part of with CBD
the respiratory team were very welcoming and made you feel like part of the team

Please suggest any improvements to this educational experience.

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Gastro - not much direction (i asked after clinics and learning opportunities but l didn’t get any opportunities)
More clarification and organisation with timetable eg some timetabled sessions didn’t have a time.
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If the tutorials are either crammed into just a few days instead of being spread out or timetabled later in the day (4-5pm whenever possible), it would not impact placements as much. Morning tutorials cost students opportunities to review patients independently.
Nothing I feel too strongly about. Really enjoyed this block on the whole and felt like I got a lot out of it.
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Dr Stephen Thomas, respiratory, very welcoming and supportive, brilliant teaching Dr Isabella harten, FY1, brilliant teaching and welcoming to students Rachel Gallacher, AP, GA, always willing to spend time teaching students and very kind Allison Brown, clinical skills facilitator, good teaching and very welcoming
1. Dr Alison Taylor 2. Renal 3. Excellent teaching 1. Dr Tatiana Zhelenzniakova 2. HDU 3. Excellent teaching 1. Courtney (can't remember surname) 2. GA 3. Excellent student support 1. Emily Mitchell 2. HDU 3. Excellent student support
Dr Stephen Thomas - respiratory consultant at Raigmore Hospital - very active and approachable block coordinator who swiftly organised extra learning opportunities if you expressed interest Prof Steve Leslie - cardiology consultant at Raigmore Hospital - allows students to play an active role during ward rounds and includes them as part of the team. Dr Molly Doyle - FY2 at Raigmore Hospital - willingly delegates tasks to students and gives feedback. Dr Madeline Hawkins - Clinical Fellow at Raigmore Hospital - immediately includes students as part of the team from the first day. Dr Ahmed Abdi - IMT 2 at Raigmore Hospital - gives students opportunities to step outside their comfort zone, willingly teaches if you ask and gives feedback on tasks completed.
Shona MacTavish FY1 Raigmore 7A from the first day of my placement shona showed me where to go and helped me with anything I need. She was so kind and provided me with so many opportunities. She helped me to achieve lots of practical experience and explained everything so well