Contact email
All enquires should be directed to the undergraduate mailbox in the first instance:
fv.undergraduatemedicaleducation@nhs.scot
Key Contacts
- Undergraduate Coordinator – Rachael Angus-Felton
- Director of Medical Education – Dr Kate Patrick
- Deputy Director of Medical Education – Dr Chris Kelly
- Clinical Teaching Fellow – Dr Alicia Binning Lovie (alicia.binninglovie@nhs.scot)
- Clinical Teaching Fellow –Dr Craig Anderson (craig.anderson4@nhs.scot)
- Clinical Teaching Fellow – Dr Anna Coogan (anna.coogan@nhs.scot)
Should you have any questions or concerns throughout your placement regarding pastoral support, education or patient safety please get in touch with any of the above team members, or placement supervisor.
Below are the contacts for block leads in the various hospital departments.
- General Medicine – Dr Chris Kelly
- General Surgery – Mr Macdonald
- Emergency Medicine – Dr Stephen Feltbower
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology – Dr Jacqueline Hill
- Paediatrics – Dr George Nagiub
- Psychiatry – Dr Patrick Hughes
- Ophthalmology – Dr Stephen Burgess
- ENT – Mr Ravinder Harar
First Day Arrangements
On your first day please report to the lecture theatre on level 3 of the learning centre (above the Restaurant) at 9am, where you will be met by Rachael Angus-Felton (undergraduate coordinator) and at least one of the Clinical Teaching Fellows. You will be given a brief introduction to the placement by one of the Clinical Teaching Fellows and will be supplied with:
- Swipe access badge (which entitles you to staff discount at Starbucks!)
- Computer logins
- Travel information
- Locker key
Tutorials
You will find details of local under-graduate and post-graduate learning opportunities on the Events page.
Attendance/welfare and raising concerns
For fire safety purposes students should register each morning with Rachael at the undergraduate office. If you are off due for any reason, including sickness, you must email Rachael/undergraduate email address to let us know by midday. Please also follow your own university’s absence reporting arrangements.
NHS Forth Valley has a zero-tolerance policy relating to bullying, undermining, racism and discrimination of any type. If you encounter any issues relating to any of these please raise them with your educational supervisor or via fv.undergraduatemedicaleducation@nhs.scot
Concerns raised will be treated in a confidential manner.
Dress Code
You must dress appropriately whilst in clinical areas; you are encouraged to wear scrubs which you should change into upon arrival at the hospital, these must not be worn out with the hospital and must be changed before leaving. Name badges/security passes must be worn at all times.
Lockers
Student lockers are located on level 2 of the education centre next to the undergraduate office. You will be given your own locker key at the induction meeting.
Accommodation
Accommodation is limited. If you require accommodation during your placement please contact Rachael Angus-Felton in advance of your start date.
Student accommodation is based at Falkirk Community Hospital, in the junior doctor’s residences behind the main hospital building. The accommodation comprises self-contained en-suite rooms, each student will have their own en-suite bedroom with access to shared kitchen area. The Falkirk Community Hospital accommodation has Wi-Fi access.
Students who have been offered accommodation will be sent information directly.
A short video depicting safety aspects at the accommodation such as fire exits and access to fire extinguishers is available on the following link.
Travel
Travel between FVRH and the Falkirk Community Hospital accommodation is relatively straight forward using public transport.
The number 38 bus goes from Camelon Road Falkirk and stops in FVRH, the bus schedule can be found here.
If you have your own vehicle you are invited to park in the purple car park at the rear of the hospital. Please do not park in the patient/visitor parking area adjacent to the main entrance.
Students who prefer not to take accommodation or if accommodation is unavailable, will be reimbursed travel expenses to the equivalence of the bus fare between Glasgow/Edinburgh and Larbert. Only the driver will be able to claim reimbursement if students car-share.
Because of the greater distance involved Dundee students will be pre-allocated accommodation.
Library
Medical students from Scottish universities on placement at NHS Forth Valley have full access to our library service, and to the national digital library for NHS Scotland, The Knowledge Network.
Our library is based at Forth Valley Royal Hospital within the Medical Education department.
We offer a range of books covering the full spectrum of healthcare and related topics such as research methods. This includes Oxford Handbooks and study guides for the MLA, PSA, and OSCEs. We also have several PCs and study space, with 24/7 access using your ID badge.
On The Knowledge Network you can access a wealth of digital resources to help you with your studies and clinical practice. This includes journals, eBooks, evidence summaries such as BMJ Best Practice and DynaMed, and several medicines information tools.
You can browse the library shelves or search our online catalogue to see everything we have available.
To borrow from the library and access digital resources, you need an OpenAthens account which you can register for here. This is free and only takes a few minutes.
Please do take advantage of the resources and services available. There is more information available here and please don’t hesitate to get in touch if there is anything we can support you with. You can speak to staff at the library front desk during weekdays, or email us at fv.forthvalleylibraryservices@nhs.scot and we’ll get back to you.
Wifi
Wi-Fi is available in the residence and Eduroam is available within FVRH.
IT System Access
IT and Clinical Systems
All students will be given a log-in which automatically gives them access to ‘MS Teams’ and clinical portal .Please change the location on your LearnPro account to Forth Valley which will allow you to complete the modules which are required for Trak and Hepma. You will have access to the following clinical systems:
SCI Store
This is a system that clinical users access to view verified Laboratory (Biochemistry, Microbiology, Haematology and Cellular Pathology) and Radiology (X-Ray, CT-Scan, MRI text reports) test results/reports for their patients. There is a simple guide to use available on the hospital intranet and this will be available to you via Clinical Portal.
TraK
This system allows you to view the patient’s records. A Learn Pro Module must be completed before access is granted.
Hepma (read only)
This is the prescribing system to which you will have read only access. A LearnPro module for the read only version must be completed before access is granted.
In order to minimise any delay in your access it is important for you to return the signed copy of your agreement to the ICT Terms and conditions prior to your arrival. This will be emailed to you when we have notification of your placement.
Needlestick Injury
All students should be familiar with the FV needlestick injury policy which can be found here.
Food
There is a restaurant on the 1st floor of the hospital, above the WHSmith at the front door. A meal will cost roughly £4-6 here. There is a wide menu including a daily saver, soups and sandwiches and several hot food options that change daily. The restaurant also has breakfast food (hot and cold) available until 11.30am.
Other options in the hospital include Starbucks, WHSmith, M and S and an RVS cafe.