Internal Medicine — Rotation Detail

MTU at Sabah

Tutors

Saud Altabeekh
MRCP (UK), KBIM
Rotation Coordinator
Shuja Ud Din
MBBS, MRCP(UK)
PULLOORUTHIKARY VARKEY ALEXANDER
MBBS, MD(Med), MRCP(UK), FRCP(Edin), DTM&H
Muhammad Shahid
MBBS, FCPS, MRCP (UK) ,SCE (E),EBEEDM
Amir Masud Muhammad Masud
MBBS,FCPS Internal medicine (PAK),MRCP UK, FRCP (Edinburgh), SCE in Endocrine and diabetes
Mohsen Mahmood
FCPS(Pak), MRCP(UK), FRCP (Edinburgh)

The “Medical Teaching Unit (MTU)” at Al-Sabah hospital is a new medical teaching unit that was established in October 2023 as part of Unit A (female side). Despite being newly founded, it has much to offer in terms of a multitude of educational activities including but not limited to bedside teaching during daily rounds, weekly KBIM onsite lectures, and bedside teaching sessions.
Residents can expect a well-structured and organized centered on teaching, reliable tutors and friendly environment that promotes medical education.

Daily working schedule
Morning Meeting
- Time: 7:30 AM
- located in CCU meeting room in Sabah medical building
- handover of cases admitted during the previous on-call
- discussion of complicated cases with the whole medical department, giving residents the opportunity to gain experience from senior staff and share their opinions openly.

Daily medical rounds
- Ward 5, Ward 6, Ward 2
- Pre- rounds: 8:00 am to 9:30 AM (junior residents will clerk the patients with senior residents’ assistance, as well as attend to unstable patients)
- Rounds: 9:30 Am till 11:30 AM (daily scheduled rounds by a specialist KBIM tutor, opportunity for residents to present cases and have bed side teaching done, as well be assessed through EPA’s)

Weekly onsite KBIM lectures
- Conducted every Tuesday at: 12:00 PM
- CCU meeting room, same as the morning meeting
- Scheduled lectures with from different disciplines of internal medicine, delivered by clinical tutors who are well versed on such topics
- Opportunity for residents to participate and become active, as well as address any clinical questions and answer MCQ’s.

Bed side clinical examination:
- Done weekly or Biweekly according to the schedule.
- Located in both female or male wards.
- Residents are supervised by a clinical tutor to examine a real patient through one or more of the systems: cardiovascular, abdomen, neurology, or respiratory system.
- Opportunity for senior residents to practice and gain critique on their clinical examination skills, and for junior residents to observe and learn the principles of clinical examination.

Clinical scenario session
- Done weekly or Biweekly according to the schedule.
- Conducted by a clinical tutor with a simulated case-based scenario.
- Lead by a an R5 resident or senior resident according to availability
- Gives the residents the opportunity to discuss and contribute to a complex clinical scenario, ask questions and be given constructive on their management.