My experience of working in ITU - as part of my placement as a ST4 Acute Medicine Registrar
This post is about my experience of working in ITU as part of my Acute Internal Medicine training. As an acute medical trainee registrar, I have to rotate in respiratory, cardiology, AMU, care of elderly and intensive care. I started my rotation in December,2020. As we were the worst hit hospital in the second wave of COVID-19, I was asked to continue my medical on calls by the management instead of ITU on calls . This is how it is for Acute Medicine Trainees rotating in ITU in my trust: 1. We are put on the ITU SHO rota 2. We are supernumerary doctors 3. We do on calls in ITU ( as a ITU SHO) with an ITU registrar 4. We are not expected to make any decisions on our own as the ITU registrar and ITU consultant are always available to help. What was different for me: I would be doing medical on calls rather than ITU on calls till the pandemic settled How a SHO post was different for me: 1. After working as a registrar for 1.5 years ( ST3 and ...