Fellowship Training Programme

Research

Research will be incorporated within the clinical training.

There are a wide range of opportunities for research in a supportive and enjoyable environment within the various hospitals and we have strong academic departments within the Hammersmith Hospital, including a full range of cell and molecular biology laboratories. The laboratory is internationally renowned for its work on gut hormones, carbohydrate metabolism, hypothalamic control mechanisms and regulation of cell growth.

At ICLDC research is directed to the high prevalence of diabetes in the UAE. In particular, research is being conducted to explain the reasons for the high numbers, aiming to find mechanisms to slow down and even reverse the trend.

All fellows are expected to become involved with research activities and to publish at least one case report per year. All are encouraged to present their work at a regional or national professional meetings.

Rotation

This is a 3 year fellowship training programme. The programme will follow the JRCPTB Diabetes and Endocrinology curriculum.

The trainee will spend two years rotating between the Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust Sites (Hammersmith, Charing Cross and St Mary's Hospitals. One year will be spent in the UAE, with six months at a SEHA hospital and six months at ICLDC.

Trainees will be able to develop their personal development plans and chart their training progress, ensuring they are gaining the appropriate experiences. This contributes to appraisal, self-assessment, self-directed learning and educational meetings.

Trainers will be able to ensure their trainees are developing in the correct areas and ensure their teaching covers the right areas. It will also help them complete their appraisal.

Timetable

Charing Cross Hospital

Hammersmith Hospital

St Mary's Hospital

ICLDC Al-Ain

Education

Tawam Hospital:

There are a wide range of training opportunities in Tawam hospital, affording experience in both general and sub-specialty aspects of diabetes and endocrinology. Experience is also gained in all aspects of inpatient hospital management of both endocrine and diabetes disorders including peri-operative management and knowledge of diagnostic inpatient investigations.

Fellows are expected to participate in In-patient diabetes and endocrine ward rounds, in patient consultations and the diabetes and endocrine on-calls service which will also include the out of hour service. General medicine on calls will be kept to a bare minimum.

There is plenty of opportunity for continuous learning and you are encouraged to attend the teaching programmes, they include:

CSII 'insulin pump therapy'CSII staff >>> 3 CDE's

Volunteer Faculty: We have over 10 consultants and senior clinicians who will provide interdisciplinary endocrine & diabetes related education (GIM, surgery, ob/gyn, oncology; paediatrics and radiology-Nuclear Medicine and interventional radiology)

Education Opportunities

Trainees attend a dedicated teaching programme in diabetes and endocrinology consisting of 12 half days per year covering all aspects of the JRCPTB Curriculum and are delivered by Education Trainers. This is hosted at various hospitals. Individual trusts also run regular training programmes which trainees are encouraged to attend.

There are also a number of excellent educational events that take place in the UAE and the UK. These include:

Audit teaching

All trusts have an actively supported programme of auditing; Trainees are expected to undertake an audit and are actively supported to do so.

Endocrine & diseases

Endocrine and metabolic diseases are some of the most commonly encountered medical conditions in the United Arab Emirates. They are increasing in prevalence and impact in terms of health of the nation, emphasising the need to continue to strive towards improved health care delivery in this speciality. Endocrine diseases and diabetes affect every physiological system of the body determining that specialists enjoy a wide range of skills and expertise and make a major contribution to general medicine in its broadest sense.

Endocrinology and diabetes is a broad ranging subject and therefore an enticing one for trainees and consultants alike since it encompasses basic mechanisms of physiology and pharmacology coupled with the ability to improve quality of life and long-term outcomes through effective disease control, and often cure.