====== 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 day (e.g. timetable, patient list, ward round, jobs, handover, dos & don'ts, 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 =====


===== Important learning tools (e.g. resources, papers, books, seniors, hospital policies) =====


===== Other important information (top tips, the reality, what you wish you'd known) =====