GUM training in Thames Valley takes place at two main sites – Oxford and Reading.
Oxford
Website: https://www.sexualhealthoxfordshire.nhs.uk/
Oxford (Churchill Hospital) clinic, Churchill Hospital, Headington, OX3 7LE
The main base for Oxfordshire Sexual Health Service is at Sexual Health, Churchill Hospital. The service also has a Level 3 sexual health clinic at Orchard Health Centre in Banbury and Level 1 and 2 sexual health clinics at peripheral sites such as Didcot, Witney, Bicester and Wantage. It is expected that the medical rotation for Oxford will rotate around various sites, including the Churchill, John Radcliffe and Horton Hospitals. There are also opportunities to shadow consultants covering sexual health in the prison setting, psychosexual clinic, outreach clinic and complex contraception.
We also have close links with the University of Oxford and there are ample opportunities to be involved in undergraduate medical teaching at Oxford University (and complete higher postgraduate degrees at Oxford University – https://www.oucags.ox.ac.uk/why-oxford/our-programmes/doing-a-dphil-at-oxford). We support involvement with research and digital innovation.
Reading
Website: https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/services-and-departments/sexual-health
Florey Clinic, 21A Craven Road, Reading, RG1 5AN
The Florey clinic is based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital which is a large acute district general hospital. Clinics include acute and specialist GUM, HIV and contraception (including implants and coils). The HIV team work closely with the acute physicians to manage complex HIV inpatients. There are opportunities to observe Complex GUM clinics and the joint HIV-Hepatitis clinic. There is weekly departmental teaching and Complex GUM and Safeguarding MDT’s for further learning. The Florey clinic is a research active department with opportunities for trainee involvement. We also teach medical students from Oxford, Southampton and Brunel medical schools and encourage our trainees to get fully involved with teaching.
Further information including the curriculum and guidance are here:
https://www.thefederation.uk/training/specialties/genitourinary-medicine
You can read why you should join the specialty here:
Recruitment
https://www.st3recruitment.org.uk/specialties/genitourinary-medicine