Tameside General Hospital

Zoë KershawMedical Education Manager

Who are we?

• One site, situated at the foot of the Pennines• Eight miles to the east of Manchester • Services a population of over 250,000• Population concentrated in the largely

industrialised areas of the eight townships of Tameside

• Also serve rural community of Glossop, with its population of approximately 28,000

Tameside Hospital

Where are we?

• Ashton-under-Lyne

• 8 miles from the University/MRI

• 20 minutes by road

• Easy bus, train and now tram links

Facilities

• New theatre suite• Completely refurbished emergency department• New Children’s department• Endoscopy suite• New outpatient department• Fully refurbished medical education department

in Werneth house in the centre of the hospital.

Library

IT Suite

Current Year 5 Students

• General medicine• Endocrinology/Diabetes• ITU• Anaesthetics• General Surgery• Vascular Surgery

What we offer

• 1:1 Consultant / student ratio• Weekly generic consultant teaching aimed at

exam topics in the blocks before the exempting exam and core competencies after

• Additional weekly ward based teaching• Fully equipped skills lab• Full practice OSCE in December

What our students say about us

“Best mock OSCE I’ve done and I’ve done three others!”

“Excellent teaching from junior doctors”

“Good consultant support”

“Great exposure to a wide range of patients”

“Friendly, helpful, supportive staff”

Thank you.Any questions?