Welcome to our "Prepare for FY1" course
Please arrive promptly at the start time you’ve been sent. We will allocate you to small groups for the day. The leads of your first group will introduce you to what’s expected from the day & they will be your mentors to help & support you with any questions or concerns you have throughout the day.
You will rotate through 6 stations covering core aspects of being an FY1 including ward round documentation, prioritising jobs whilst on call, dealing with unwell patients, communicating with families, procedures, admitting a patient and requesting imaging. There will be lunch break halfway. Reading the following course materials in advance of the day will allow you to focus on applying content rather than learning theory!
At the end of the day, you’ll meet your mentors again to discuss through any further questions and get final top tips.
Course Materials
Hyperglycaemia is something you will encounter frequently. In this article, we focus...
As an F1, you will quite frequently get bleeped to review a patient who has had a...
SLEs are supervised learning events that includeMini-CEX (mini clinical evaluation...
With the recent removal of additional degrees counting for points towards all specialty...
When assessing pain, ensure you begin by taking a history to characterise the pain...
When I supervise and teach FY1s, prescribing is in the top three things they are...
As an FY1, you will be called to review patients who are hypoxic. Here we will discuss...
Frequently patients wish to self-discharge from hospitals. This article pertains...
I’m going to try and be as generic as possible so that hopefully these tips work...
Requesting scans can be a scary daily occurrence for new doctors. It is one of few...
Acute confusion, otherwise known as delirium, is very common in hospitals: 20-30%...
Sepsis is an infection with evidence of organ dysfunction. Septic shock is when a...
Expect many bleeps about hypotension from concerned nursing staff. It is a useful...
These patients have the potential to become haemodynamically unstable extremely quickly;...
As a junior doctor, you will frequently look after patients prior to and after their...
As an FY1 you should not be expected to make decisions regarding treatment escalation...
It is common for FY1s to feel anxious & feel like they’re not ready to...
Mental Capacity is the ability to make your own decisions at the time at which the...
Dying is a natural process and unfortunately, something that we all come across in...
Handover occurs between shifts to ensure everyone is up to speed with patients. The...
EquipmentGloves
Hand sanitiser
Alcohol wipe
Tourniquet
Cotton wool/ gauze
Needle
Syringe...
Demonstration video thanks to Geeky MedicsEquipmentGloves
Hand sanitiser
Tourniquet
Appropriate...
Thanks to Geeky Medics for an excellent video demonstration EquipmentGloves
Alcohol...
There are certain situations where you need to prescribe IV fluids which vary from...
It takes time to get used to the ward round. Particularly, when patients are being...
Your e-Portfolio is an online tool to gather and store evidence of progression throughout...
