CD ROM Medline 1966 to date, access via modem to other databases e.g. Excerpta Medica. There is a well equipped lecture theatre with teleconferencing facilities. Education Program Teaching is considered to be of paramount importance and this is reflected in excellent examination results. There are no service commitments at this time, and all trainees attend. Weekly Thursday evening Departmental Meetings are held.
All staff attend.
Journal abstracts, current practice and critical events are discussed. Audit is held every 2-3 months and is chaired by consultants in rota, and includes presentation of some audit topics by the trainees. Attendance at the weekly Friday lunch time multidisciplinary Grand Round is encouraged. There is a comprehensive pathology service and a busy X-ray department with a C.T. scanner and a visiting MRI facility. Ysbyty Gwynedd with 515 beds is the District General Hospital for Gwynedd.