Dr Colin Weekes
Dr Bharath Gowda
Hannah Webb
Naila Rashid
Welcome from Dr Cathy Ellis, the Director of Undergraduate medical education at Darent Valley hospital and a consultant neurologist. Our deputy DUME is Dr Colin Weekes, consultant in Aging and Health
We would like to warmly welcome you to Darent Valley Hospital for your placement. We have a dedicated and experienced faculty supported by our junior doctors to deliver stage 3 of the 2020 curriculum and ensure that you have an excellent experience with us. We are a friendly trust and are proud of our values and ethos. We value input and feedback from you and will respond to this to continually review and develop our programme to meet your needs.
The undergraduate facilitator is Hannah Webb, to contact Hannah please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 01322 428540
Dr Ellis is at Darent Valley Hospital on Monday am, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and can be contacted via Hannah. Dr Weekes is at Darent Valley Hospital full time.
Year 4
4th year students will rotate through 4 specialties during the year. Women's Health, Child Health, Emergency Medicine & Critical Care and Mental Health.
Block leads and contact details
Women's Health - Mr M. El-Sayed (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Women's Health - Miss R. Rana (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Child Health - Dr B. Gowda (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Child Health - Dr K. Kiriella (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
EMCC - Dr K. Khan (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
EMCC - Dr Z. Belagodu (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Year 5
Final year students will spend 8 weeks in either Long Term Conditions or Acute Care depending on their allocation.
Block leads and contact details
Long Term Conditions - Dr N. Khiljee (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Long Term Conditions - Dr C. Mohandas (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Acute Care - Dr Y. El-Miedany (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Acute Care - Mr P. Nastro (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
TTF1
Final year students will undertake an 8 week 'Transition to Foundation Year 1 Module'. This will involve a 4 week placement in a surgical specialty and a 4 week placement in a medical specialty. This includes various teaching sessions and workshops all designed to help the transition from medical student to FY1 doctor.
Dr Colin Weekes is the TTF1 lead/facilitator (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
We welcome students from St Georges into Paediatrics. Students will rotate through different areas of Paediatrics which include Paediatric clinics, Paediatric ward, Neonatal unit and Paediatric A&E.
Dr Gowda is the lead for SGUL students. To contact Dr Gowda please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
We will be welcoming our new KMMS students from September 2022.
We welcome PA students from Canterbury Christchurch University. The students spend 9 weeks in Medicine placements, 5 weeks in A&E and a further 16 weeks rotating through specialty placements. The specialty placements are: Surgery, Acute Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Paediatrics.
Miss Urmila Singh is the Trust PA student lead.
Links to King’s and St George’s Medical Schools
DAG provides placements for Undergraduate Medical Students at GKT School of Medical Education and St George’s University of London.
For more information go to:
GKT: kcl.ac.uk/lsm/education/meded/index.aspx
St George’s: sgul.ac.uk/study/undergraduate
GKT’s site provides resources and support for Medical Students. KEATS can be accessed here: login-keats.kcl.ac.uk