Geriatric Medicine

The South Coast’s attractiveness as a retirement destination and with the baby boomer population ageing fast, there is no shortage of good experience in Geriatrics to be had in Wessex.

Well developed clinical and research units allow any blend of clinical and academic Geriatrics to be melded together to create the perfect platform for a consultant post in the last bastion of true General Medicine.

Subspecialty interests can be fostered with many of the sites offering excellent experience in the main subspecialties of falls, movement disorders, stroke, orthogeriatrics etc and the rotations available easily provide the experience required to fulfil the needs of both the GIM and Geriatrics Curricula.

Research is based around the well developed MRC centre at Southampton, but is not limited to Southampton. There is the chance for trainees to extend their academic skills through an Academic Fellowship or Out of Program Experience.

In addition, every department on the rotation is viewed as friendly and approachable. There is no better place to develop your career in Geriatrics - the PMETB Trainees’ Survey 2009 showed good scores for educational issues particularly.

To find out more about Geriatrics training in Wessex please contact:

Dr Matt Thomas
Programme Director matt.thomas@poole.nhs.uk

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Geriatric Medicine