Foundation training in DGH and University Teaching Hospitals

**creavivi** · 24-01-2010, 04:27 AM

Hallo! I'm finalising my job choices for the Foundation Programmes. My rotations for my deaneries are all linked- so the jobs entail both F1 and F2. I was wondering if I stayed at a DGH (district general hospital) for the two years, would future employers discriminate against me as DGHs aren't as well respected as the city teaching hospitals? (I've a specialist interest in general practice.) Thank you for your time!

**dochina** · 24-01-2010, 04:39 AM

which fs u got allocated to....
i have d same prblem bt in ma case i have to choose dgh for one year and then teachin for one year

**pocket** · 04-02-2010, 09:26 PM

Will you be at a disadvantage if you spend your foundations years in a DGH?

The short answer is no!

As far as I am aware many foundation programs encourage time to be spent in both types of hospital. In my humble opinion I'd rather spend time in a smaller hospital than a larger one, for numerous reasons which I won't bore you with.

F1 jobs involve pretty much the same activities regardless of the size of hospital or the speciality.

Try not to fret!

**dochina** · 20-07-2010, 02:41 PM

i second tht
ill b spendin time in both dgh n teachin

thanx for the reply

**rjm** · 21-07-2010, 10:13 PM

This is something that used to be heavily debated - the argument generally being that the "better" medical studebts tended to get teaching hopistal posts and the less good ones in DGHs. As such when you applied to old style SHO posts then there might have been somehting in having worked in a teaching hospital. The other argument was that the teaching centres tend to be busier and you saw more complex/"interesting" cases (those transferred from elsewhere in the region), such that there was the theory that if you can cope working in a teaching hospital you can probably cope anywhere.
With MTAS I doubt any of that holds anymore. Audits/Research/Teaching/Reflection etc are more important and you can do that anywhere, in truth you probably have more time to do it not in a teaching hospital (COI: I have spent 3 out of last 4 years in teaching hospitals, and the year I wasnt was in the busiest DGH in the country!)