General Internal Medicine
Before the trend to specialisation, although many consultant physicians developed an expertise in their chosen areas, most practiced general internal medicine and dealt with a wide range of medical problems. These included patients admitted as emergencies, patients with multiple disorders, patients referred to outpatient clinics for investigation and diagnosis, and patients referred by specialist services - as outpatients or urgent inpatient referrals.
The demands of admitting and managing acutely ill medical patients have spawned a sub-specialty within General Medicine. Acute Medicine has been established to improve the quality and safety of care for people who are acutely ill. It is defined in the RCP's report Acute Medicine - Making it Work for Patients as: 'That part of general (internal) medicine concerned with the immediate and early specialist management of adult patients with a wide range of medical conditions who present in hospital as emergencies.'
JRCPTB
April 2010
To find out whether you can dual accredit with GIM in your parent specialty please click here to view college guidance. Please take time to read the JRCPT pages at this link.
If you are currently Dual Accrediting with General Internal Medicine, you can 'Opt-Out' of the dual accreditation and continue your training with a single accreditation.
If you would like to know more how the process works please click here to view the process map.
Click here to download the Opt-Out application form.
If you have any further questions please email medicine.yh@hee.nhs.uk.
Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) is a review of your progress during your time on the training programme. As a dual accrediting trainee you will have two ARCP's, one for each specialty.
The General Internal Medicine ARCP process changed in the Autumn of 2020. Going forward you will be assessed on your progress in GIM by the parent specialty panel at the same time you are assessed for your parent specialty, this means you will not be reviewed at different points of the year for different specialties, reducing the burden on trainees. The parent specialty panel will complete a seperate ARCP Outcome Form for GIM. For General Internal Medicine (GIM) you may have a 'non-GIM' year, in which case a non-assessment form will be completed to cover the period of training. If you have any specific queries regarding GIM, contact your GIM TPD.
Dr Sega Pathmanathan has created a video for trainees and ESs which explains the requirements for GIM ARCP, you can access it here.
The ARCP decision aid link and Firth Calculator link are useful when planning and preparing for your ARCP.
For more general information on ARCP's please click here.
Programme Support Team based in Sheffield cover the whole Yorkshire and the Humber region will be able to help with general queries relating to rotations, ARCP's and opting out. You can contact us at medicine.yh@hee.nhs.uk
Training Programme Directors (TPDs)
| Location | Role | Name | Email Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| East | TPD | Mo Aye | mo.aye@hey.nhs.uk |
| East | TPD | Sega Pathmanathan | sega.pathmanathan@hey.nhs.uk |
| East & West | TPD | Sathish Kallankara | sathish.kallankara@hey.nhs.uk |
| West | TPD | Joe Hogg | joseph.hogg@midyorks.nhs.uk |
| Yorkshire & the Humber | Deputy Head of School | Sunil Bhandari | sunil.bhandari@hey.nhs.uk |
Head of School for GIM is Peter Hammond.
The Deputy Dean for all Medicine specialties is Jon Hossain.