1. NHS Education for Scotland
North of Scotland Region

2. North of Scotland - Geriatric Medicine
Head of Academic Section – Professor D G Seymour
Regional Specialty Adviser – Dr W R Primrose
7 “Old-Style” Specialist Registrars
1 - Stroke Medicine
1 – General Medicine – Elgin
4 “New-Style” Specialty Registrars
2 – General Medicine – ARI / Elgin

3. Geriatric / GIM Clinical Training
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
“Junior “ Geriatrics x 2 years
Core Attachments
Old – Age Psychiatry (1 month)
Incontinence (12 sessions)
Palliative Care (1 month)
Ortho-Geriatrics (1-3 months)
Stroke (1 month Acute / 2 months Rehab)
Continuing Care (6 months sessional)
Community – Nursing Home (3 months)
“Junior” GIM x 1 year
GIM Registrar – ARI / Inverness / Elgin
“Senior” Geriatrics (50%)
Specialist Clinics
“Senior” GIM (50%)
ARI – Acute medical receiving: 48 “takes” over 2 years
General medical clinic – 1x/wk

4. 2 Year “Rolling” Monthly Curriculum
2nd Wednesday of each month
Approx. 2 – 5 pm
3 Sections
Core-Geriatric Teaching – Based on curriculum
External “Expert” Speaker e.g. MDDUS - Medicolegal
Journal Club e.g. Critical appraisal / Info / Discussion

5. Finished our 1st cycle - July 2008
General Consensus - “Should continue … ”
Overlap of certain topics in curriculum
Restructured our curriculum
18 main core topics – 4 Joint Meetings (Tayside); 2 Review

6. Year 2008 - 2009 Joint meeting with Tayside (6 Monthly)
1st meeting - 19th November 2008 (Stracathro Hospital)
Collaboration – Research
Joint effort in covering curriculum
Local experts
Networking / Social
Continued participation in Geriatric Evidence-Based Day
Bi-Monthly Research Meeting
Updating Departmental Library – BGS Reading List