Whipps Cross Hospital - A leading general DGH with a strong teaching commitment

Whipps Cross Hospital provides a full range of general hospital services and has one of the busiest A&E departments in the country dealing with over 200 patients a day.

The hospital is divided into 6 different coloured zones - Red, Orange, Pink, Green, Purple and Yellow. The Red zone houses the A & E unit (now referred to as the EUCC), hospital shops, offices and restaurant.The Orange zone is the oldest part of the hospital and is home to the main entrance and dental teaching facilities.  The radiology facilities can be found in the Pink Zone. The Green zone holds the Library for staff and the hyperbaric unit. The Yellow zone includes wards, physiotherapy and the outpatients department. The Purple zone is maternity - ante-natal and post natal.

The bus route W19 runs through Whipps Cross Hospital with stops at the main entrance, outpatients and ward entrances and by the maternity unit. It goes to Leytonstone Underground Station which is just over a mile from the hospital.

Picture of the Hospital

 

Undergraduate Teaching at Whipps Cross Hospital

This is a teaching hospital internationally renowned for its exceptional teaching and outstanding quality. It's well organised clinical and non-clinical seminars and lectures are taught by leading doctors, maintaining the NHS Trust's high standards. It has a friendly and welcoming atmosphere which encourages our students to strive for the very best. Students include Barts and The London, Cambridge and overseas. St Matthews students come to complete their 46 weeks core rotations in GP, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, and Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Postgraduate teaching

The Medical Education Centre at Whipps Cross is one of the most active in the UK. It runs the following courses.

DOHNS	The purpose of the Diploma of Otolaryngology ? Head and Neck Surgery is to test the breadth and knowledge, the clinical and communications skills and the professional attributes considered appropriate by the College for a doctor intending to undertake practice within an Otolaryngology department in a non consultant career grade or trainee position.
MRCOG	This course provides extensive tuition in answering written questions. It also includes a wide-ranging series of lectures, given by distinguished visiting speakers. The course aims to address all the recent changes in the MRCOG examination
MRCOG OSCE	This is an intensive preparatory course which includes each candidate participating in three 12 station OSCE circuits
MRCGP	Emphasis on examination technique, including Viva sessions. Sessions on all parts of the examination MCQ, MEQ, CRQ, Mock MCQ and assessment of consulting skills.
Higher Surgery Course	Designed specifically to prepare candidates for the Intercollegiate Specialty Examination in General Surgery, this intensive seven day (60 hour) course offers: Clinical Sessions Practise vivas in general and sub-specialty surgery, critical care and academic surgery Tutorials on sub-speciality topics (parallel sessions) Authoritative state of the art lectures Symposia
MRCP Part II Paces Course	Close supervision from experienced senior teachers PACES style short cases across the spectrum of medicine Communication Skills Over 60 typical MRCP cases
Communication Skills for MRCPCH Clinical Examination	The course will put great emphasis on small group sessions, including case scenario role play involving professional actors.
ENT Study Day for GPs and GP Registrars	This includes practical 'hands on' training in ENT assessment. Participants rotate through several teaching stations. Assessment  includes examination of patients and interactive discussions covering aspects of management. Lectures are clinical practice orientated.
Practical ENT Introductory Course	This intensive 1 day practically orientated course is ideal for FY1, FY2 and GP VTS Trainees and for the person about to start his/her 1st ENT post or would like a refresher on how to manage common ENT emergencies they will encounter.
MRCPCH Course
MRCS Course
Foundation Training Programme at Whipps Cross Hospital	All graduates leaving medical school in 2005 will undertake a 2 year Foundation Programme. The purpose is to ensure that all doctors achieve competence in a range of generic and acute care skills, as well as developing their communication and team working abilities, and this will be underpinned by a formal assessment process.

If you would like to attend one of the above courses, application forms can be found on the Hospital Medical Education Centre Web site

 Whipps Cross Hospital Medical Education Centre and Library Website

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Library

There is an excellent multidisciplinary library which is located in the Medical Education Centre building.

The Library

The hospital has its own radio service, a registered charity founded in 1969 by the Walthamstow Lions Club to provide entertainment and information to the patients and staff. The station has been broadcasting 24 hours a day since 2004. During the football season there are often live commentaries from West Ham

 

 

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