General Internal Medicine (G(I)M)
Key Contacts
Training Programme Director for Gastroenterology: Dr Kathy Woolson (Based at Royal Cornwall Hospital)
Head of School of Medicine: Dr Helen Waters
Associate Dean for Medicine: Dr Hui Lam
Education programme Manager: Naomi Mallinson
Education programme coordinator: Kayleigh Merry
PENINSULA GIM TRUST LEADS
First point of contact for GIM trainees at a local level
Dr Mahdi Abusalameh - Exeter
Dr Chrissy Beasley - Plymouth
Dr Jareer Raza - Barnstaple
Dr Katie Wallace - Cornwall
Pending appointment - Torbay ( contact Dr Woolson)
Health Education South West (Peninsula) supervises all postgraduate medical specialist training in the Devon and Cornwall region for General Internal Medicine.
Information about the Specialty
HEE South West dual accredits all of its acute specialties with General Internal Medicine, we do not run a single accrediting programme in this specialty.
Specialties with dual accreditation in G(I)M
Acute Medicine
Cardiology
Endocrinology & Diabetes Mellitus
Gastroenterology
Geriatric Medicine
Renal Medicine
Respiratory Medicine
Rheumatology
Accrediting acute specialties with ICM Training programmes
Trainees looking to dual accredit with an acute medical specialty cannot triple accredit with General Internal Medicine however as all acute training programme are dual accrediting with G(I)M and assigned accordingly within the trusts. There will be an expectation that trainees dual accrediting in ICM and acute medical specialties will partake in the G(I)M rotas within each of the trusts even though they will not accredit in the specialty.
Annual Assessment Information
Trainees undertaking Higher Specialist Training are required to have an annual assessment (ARCP). Details of these assessments can be found within the assessment pages. By clicking on the your specialty you will find the requirements for your assessment.The checklists are by no means exhaustive and it is advised that you communicate with your Training Programme Director or Educational Supervisor for more detailed requirement information once you have been scheduled for an assessment Please use these checklists as a guide when preparing for your assessment. Its is your responsibility to check what is expected of you and prepare accordingly. The JRCPTB website is an invaluable source of assessment information.
The Training Hospitals
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust
Torbay Hospital (South Devon Healthcare Trust)
Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust
Related sites
JRCPTB Website - General Internal medicine
2021
All of our G(I)M is link to a parent specialty, we do not offer specialty training in G(I)M alone.
G(I)M Regional Training Days
| Date | Trust |
| 2nd March 2021 |
Royal Cornwall Hospital- 11:00am onwards |
| TBC | Plymouth |
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