What is the Foundation Programme
The Foundation Programme is a two-year work-based training programme which bridges the gap between medical school and specialty/GP training.
How to apply
All recruitment for the foundation programme is done via national recruitment. Successful applicants will first need to rank the school (Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust belongs to South Thames foundation school) then secondly rank the programme they wish to apply for once they are in a foundation school.
All recruitment into foundation programme jobs must come via national recruitment.
For further information on how to apply please visit: https://foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/programmes/2-year-foundation-programme/
The Foundation Programme at Guy’s and St Thomas’
Guy’s and St Thomas’ falls under South Thames Foundation School (STFS) which covers a large geographical area. Generally STFS programmes are constructed so that the two years are spent at two different sites, with no more than a year in a teaching hospital or in a South London trust. This enables over 80% of the programmes to provide a year in a London trust.
At GUY’S AND ST THOMAS’ we have 135 programmes:
– 59 Foundation Year 1 programmes
– 76 Foundation Year 2 programmes
Each programme consists of three 4 month clinical placements in which the foundation doctor must be able to achieve their curriculum competencies. The only exception to this is academic foundation doctors who are based at Guy’s and St Thomas’ for the full two years and undertake one 4 month placement in a research environment in their foundation year 2. Recruitment to academic programmes is done separately from recruitment into the standard programmes.
Further information about the foundation programme can be found on the UK Foundation Programme Office website:
Below is the range of placements currently available at Guy’s and St Thomas’:
Foundation Year 1 | Foundation Year 2 |
Acute Medicine | Cardiology |
Anaesthetic /Perioperative | Community Ageing and Health |
Gastroenterology | Community Sexual & Reproductive Health (Burrell Street) |
General Medicine | Emergency Medicine |
General Psychiatry (Lambeth Hospital – Nelson Ward) | ENT |
General Psychiatry (Lambeth Hospital – Triage) | Gastroenterology |
General Psychiatry (Liasion 1) | General Medicine |
General Psychiatry (Liasion 2) | General Practice |
General Psychiatry (Liasion 3) | Psychiatry (Bethlam Hospital) |
General Surgery (Lower GI) | Psychiatry (Maudsley Hospital) |
General Surgery (Upper GI) | Psychiatry (North Lambeth) |
Geriatric Medicine | Psychiatry (South Lambeth) |
Infectious Diseases | Psychiatry Liasion (STH) |
Medical Oncology | Genito-Urinary Medicine |
Obstretrics and Gynaecology | Geriatric Medicine |
Paediatrics | Haematology |
Perioperative Medicine | HIV |
Renal Medicine | Oncology |
Rheumatology | Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
Stroke | Ophthalmology |
Vascular | Paediatrics |
Palliative Care (STH) | |
Perioperative Medicine | |
Rheumatology | |
Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery | |
Urology |
Full details of the exact programmes and information about each placement can be found on the STFS website.
In line with Broadening the Foundation Programme, Guy’s and St Thomas’ offer a range of community and psychiatry placements. These are designed to allow foundation doctors exposure to these placements as it is anticipated the majority of foundation programmes will need to be recruited into these services based on changing demographics of patients and how healthcare is being delivered.
What do we offer our Foundation Year 1 and Foundation Year 2 at Guy’s and St Thomas’
COURSES
Foundation Year 1
Managing Acutely Unwell Patients | Provides practical scenarios on managing acutely unwell patients |
Quality and Improvement | Designed to prepare you for setting up an audit successfully |
Immediate Life Support | |
Leadership Workshop | Half day workshop on how foundation doctors can be the best leaders |
Medicine and the Law Workshop | Half day workshop on medico-legal issues and consent |
Resilience Workshop | Half day workshop on coping with being a doctor |
Foundation Programme Simulation Course | A full day simulation course for Foundation doctors and Nurses using hi-fidelity simulation equipment |
How should I make my speciality choice? How do I make an application? | A half day course designed at Foundation Year 1 to assist in career choices and what to do next |
Foundation Year 2
Acutely Ill and Injured Patient Skills Course | A 3 hour workshop on C spine and chest xray interpretation. A 1 hour presentation on Trauma. Followed by an afternoon of practical procedure workstations (i.e. lumbar puncture, central lines, collar sizing and log roll, knee aspiration and chest drain) |
Advanced Life Support | A standardised national course teaching evidence-based resuscitation guidelines and skills to healthcare professionals in the United Kingdom |
F2 Faculty Undergraduate Simulation Training | Includes a half day training session on becoming simulation faculty. Foundation Year 2 will then be required to teach as faculty on an undergraduate simulation course |
Foundation Programme Simulation Course | A full day simulation course for Foundation doctors and Nurses using hi-fidelity simulation equipment |
How should I prepare for selection for GP training? | A half day optional workshop on preparing for GP specialty training |
How should I prepare for specialty selection? | A half day optional workshop on preparing for specialty training |
Leadership Workshop | Half day workshop on how foundation doctors can be the best leaders |
Medicine and the Law Workshop | Half day workshop on medico-legal issues and consent |
As a foundation trainee at Guy’s and St Thomas’ you will be provided with:
- Access to tasters in numerous specialities
- Good support structure via Foundation Training Programme Director, Educational Supervisor and Clinical Supervisor
- Leadership opportunities in being a foundation programme rep and working on Trust wide initiatives
- Educationally valuable placements
- Opportunities for audit and quality improvement
SUPPORT & SUPERVISION
- Foundation Year 1 receive a week of shadowing
- Departmental induction every time you rotate
- Dr Toolbox to be fully implemented which helps the transition into new placements
- Named clinical supervisor, educational supervisor and Foundation Training Programme Director
- Consultant & Registrar supervision on wards
- A welcoming and friendly admin team for general advice and support
CENTRAL LOCATION
- Off the banks of the Thames
- Excellent transport links
- Excellent nightlife
- Excellent shopping
- Lots of things to see & do in London
SOCIAL
- Doctors Mess (Sky on large LCD, comfy sofa’s and a stocked kitchen!)
- Monthly mess parties
- Foundation Doctors Xmas Revue
- Foundation End of Year Party
- Join the Thomas Guy Club for access to The Vaults (social facilities) and the fitness centres including a pool and fitness classes
ACCOMODATION
- Current rates (subject to change)
- Shared flat from £600 to £800 per month. Rent includes all utility bills but doesn’t include internet charges.
- All tenants share a communal kitchen & bathroom.
- Located on Guy’s or St Thomas’ site. There is a free staff shuttle bus between Guy’s Hospital & St Thomas’ Hospital.
Foundation Programme Team at Guy’s and St Thomas’
We have six Foundation Training Programme Directors (FTPD) these are:
- Dr Shum Dev: Lead FTPD and Emergency Medicine Consultant
- Dr Anna Goodman: FTPD and Consultant in Infectious Diseases
- Dr Cheng Ong: Assistant Director of Medical Education and Consultant Anaesthetist
- Dr Leila Frodsham: FTPD and Consultant in Psychosexual Health
- Dr Sarah Wheatstone: FTPD and Consultant in General Surgery
- Prof Albert Ferro: FTPD and Professor of Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacology
All foundation doctors are allocated a named FTPD in addition to an Educational Supervisor (for the year) and a Clinical Supervisor (for each placement)
For further information please contact [email protected]
Second Conversation
For more information on the Second Conversation, please click on the link below:
https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/second-conversation-improving-training-around-end-life-care-conversations