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Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital, Margate, Kent
View from the Ramsgate Road Entrance
The Margate VTS scheme, like most, is divided into two years in hospital posts as an SHO and a final year in a local practice as a GP registrar.
The SHO posts are based at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate and the Registrar posts in one of the neighbouring towns or villages.
During the whole three year program both SHOs and Registrars meet weekly in the QEQM Postgraduate centre for a discussion of cases or issues of importance to any members of the team. This meeting is attended by trainees, local trainers and course organisers.
This provides a good opportunity for the group to get to know each other, support each other and develop a relationship which is often continued as new GPs locally.
In addition to these local meetings the Margate scheme joins with the Canterbury trainees for a formal educational program each Wednesday afternoon for three ten week terms throughout the year.
This half day release course is included in the study leave allowance of both SHOs and Registrars and all trainees are expected to attend.
Written by Dr C Eldred VTS Trainee
Feb 2006
Queen's Centre for Clinical Sciences
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital
Ramsgate Road
Margate
CT9 4AN
The Centre has
o A 100-seater Lecture Theatre, which has the latest audio-visual equipment: a touch-tone panel for your presentation, whether it be by computer (MS PowerPoint), or OHPs, video, DVD , Dual or Single Slide projection, full Chest X-ray, Microscope or cassette facilities.
Seminar Room 1 which can seat 20 people
Seminar Room 2 which can seat 12 people, or at least 32 when the partition wall to Seminar Room 1 is opened
Seminar Room 3 which can seat 12 people and has a conference table
A Medical Library
with over 2,400 books, 60 journals and a collection of educational videos and 4 Pentium computers, all with MicrosoftOffice 2000.
A with photocopier for articles at a cost of 5p per A4, or 10p per A3 sheet. Also 6 computers with Microsoft Office 2000 (includes Word, PowerPoint, Access and Excel)
A Dining Room can seat up to 36 people. Lunches are served daily from Monday - Friday between 12.30 and 2.00 pm. For a menu, please contact Ms Vanessa Thomas, Centre Secretary, ext. 62540
Other equipment available (for use in the Centre only):
A video projector with laptop
TV/video
DVD player
Slide projector
Video conferencing
Staffing
The Centre has a staffing establishment of the following personnel:
Centre and F1 Administrator Mary Lai
Secretary/F2 Administrator Vanessa Thomas
Undergraduate Administrator Lisa Fletcher
Senior Study Leave Co-ordinator Sally Jones
Audio Visual Technician Hannah Tigwell
Administrative Support Assistant Melanie Bell
Librarian Jonathan Baker
Library Assistant Lorrie Farrell
This is a modern Education Centre (the Queens Centre for Clinical Studies) with a well-stocked library, which is open from 9am. There are study places, periodicals, lending and reference book collections, photocopying, on-line search facilities, video and tape/slide programmes available.am-6pm, with the keys available from the Ramsgate Road Reception at other times.
The Centre has a busy programme of meetings in all specialties, including Clinical case presentations, formal lectures, specialist updates, clinical audit, X-ray meetings, grand rounds, and multi-disciplinary meetings. Medical students come regularly to QEQMH on attachments from London medical schools, predominantly from GKT and University College Hospitals.
Written by Centre and F1 Administrator Mary Lai Feb 2006
You could see the tour of the QCCS and Library here - waiting for the video file
