Transcript Tameside General Hospital

Tameside General Hospital
Zoë Kershaw
Medical Education Manager
Who are we?
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One site, situated at the foot of the Pennines
Eight miles to the east of Manchester
Services a population of over 250,000
Population concentrated in the largely
industrialised areas of the eight townships of
Tameside
• Also serve rural community of Glossop, with
its population of approximately 28,000
Tameside Hospital
Where are we?
• Ashton-under-Lyne
• 8 miles from the University/MRI
• 20 minutes by road
• Easy bus, train and now tram links
Facilities
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New theatre suite
Completely refurbished emergency department
New Children’s department
Endoscopy suite
New outpatient department
Fully refurbished medical education department
in Werneth house in the centre of the hospital.
Library
IT Suite
Current Year 5 Students
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General medicine
Endocrinology/Diabetes
ITU
Anaesthetics
General Surgery
Vascular Surgery
What we offer
• 1:1 Consultant / student ratio
• Weekly generic consultant teaching aimed at
exam topics in the blocks before the
exempting exam and core competencies after
• Additional weekly ward based teaching
• Fully equipped skills lab
• Full practice OSCE in December
What our students say
about us
“Best mock OSCE I’ve done and
I’ve done three others!”
“Good consultant support”
“Friendly, helpful, supportive staff”
“Great exposure to a
wide range of
patients”
“Excellent
teaching from junior
doctors”
Thank you.
Any questions?