Specialist training
Specialist training
Training can take place entirely at our hospital, although both the professional organisations and the medical associations recommend a transfer to a higher-level hospital at an advanced stage of training. The required training sections in intensive care medicine are guaranteed in cooperation with the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine.
The individual training stages are described in detail in the attached curriculum. The training plans presented here are, of course, objectives, which naturally also depend on personal aptitude and the current circumstances with regard to patient volumes and organisational processes.
Together with the other hospitals of the GFO, there is always the possibility of transferring to another clinic with further specialisations, e.g. through staff rotation. In addition to the head physician of the clinic, both the senior physicians and the specialists (high proportion of specialists in the department) are closely involved in the training of doctors in further training. The range of services and areas of responsibility of the department can be found on our website.
The working hours for routine operations and on-call duty at night and at weekends and on public holidays are based on the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Further training in surgery and its sub-areas is closely orientated to the requirements of the North Rhine Medical Association, and the curriculum was drawn up accordingly. There is close interdisciplinary co-operation with the Department of Trauma Surgery and Orthopaedics, so that a broad spectrum of training can be offered in all training phases. In addition, there is very close cooperation with the internal medicine department of our hospital (specialising in gastroenterology), so that the entire spectrum of visceral medicine diseases and treatments is available at our hospital for a wide range of training.
It is important to us that new colleagues receive intensive support in line with their level of training and are instructed in how to work independently. In addition to regular departmental and interdisciplinary training courses at St. Martinus Hospital and regular M&M conferences, attendance at external training events is welcomed and supported by the head physician and hospital management.
Further information can be obtained from the clinic office or in a personal meeting.
We are always on the lookout for motivated colleagues to strengthen our team. Theacting head of the department, Dr Huu Quang Le, will be happy to make initial contact by telephone on 02173/796-231.
The department has full training authorisation for 60 months to become a specialist in internal medicine and 24 months to become a specialist in general medicine.
Young doctors are also given the opportunity to be introduced to and familiarised with invasive and non-invasive diagnostics and therapies at an early stage under qualified supervision. This explicitly includes endoscopic procedures. Through the supervision of our intensive care unit and emergency department, training in intensive care and emergency medicine also takes place at an early stage. Due to the broad spectrum of our department, the training is also broad and is not limited to individual specialist areas as in large specialised clinics, but covers the entire spectrum of internal medicine.
The working hours for routine operations and on-call duties at night and on weekends and public holidays have been strictly in line with the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act for many years. Further training is closely orientated to the requirements of the Medical Association, and the curriculum has been drawn up accordingly. There is close interdisciplinary cooperation with the Departments of Geriatrics, Anaesthesiology, General Surgery, Trauma Surgery and Orthopaedics, Gynaecology and Obstetrics as well as the Inpatient Department of Urology.
In addition to regular internal departmental and interdisciplinary training courses at St. Martinus Hospital, attendance at external training events is initiated and promoted via a training calendar. The hospital management actively supports this endeavour.
- "Common Trunk" (24 months): The Department of General and Visceral Surgery at St Martinus Hospital Langenfeld is headed by Prof Dr Körpil. Together with Mr Gunther Stephan, Senior Physician in the Department of Orthopaedics, Trauma, Hand and Foot Surgery, the department is authorised to provide further training for basic surgical training (so-called Common Trunk, 24 months).
- Orthopaedics & Trauma Surgery (48 months): Thanks to the authorisation for further training in orthopaedics and trauma surgery, it is possible to complete both the common trunk training and the further training in orthopaedics and trauma surgery at our hospital.
The required training sections in emergency and intensive care medicine are guaranteed in cooperation with the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine. - Special trauma surgery (24 months): Senior physician Gunther Stephan is authorised to provide further training in special trauma surgery for 24 months, which means that parts of the training to become an accident insurance association transit doctor can be completed in our department.
- Hand surgery (30 months): Senior consultant Christoph A. Trappenberg is authorised to provide further training in hand surgery for 30 months.
The individual training stages are described in detail in the attached curriculum. The training plans presented here are, of course, objectives, which naturally also depend on personal aptitude and the current circumstances with regard to patient volume and organisational processes
Together with the other hospitals of the GFO, there is, for example, the possibility of full specialist further training or completion of additional qualifications in the fields of orthopaedics and trauma surgery, special trauma surgery and hand surgery through the rotation of employees. In addition to the head physician of the clinic, both the senior physicians and the specialists (high proportion of specialists in the department) are closely involved in the training of doctors in further training. The range of services and areas of responsibility of the department can be found on our website and in our structured quality report.The working hours for routine operations and on-call duty at night and on weekends and public holidays are based on the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Further training in the field of orthopaedics and trauma surgery with its sub-areas is closely orientated to the requirements of the North Rhine Medical Association, and a curriculum (see appendix) has been drawn up accordingly. There is close interdisciplinary co-operation with the Department of Abdominal and Visceral Surgery, so that a broad spectrum of training can be offered in all training phases.
It is important to us that new colleagues are intensively supervised according to their level of training and instructed to work independently. In addition to regular departmental and interdisciplinary training courses at St. Martinus Hospital and regular M&M conferences, attendance at external training events is welcomed and supported by the head physician and hospital management.
Further information can be obtained from the clinic's secretary's office or in a personal meeting
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