At University Hospitals Birmingham we are proud to offer all our doctors a comprehensive, well-planned, medical induction.
Induction enables our doctors to be familiar with their working environment and to undertake their job role efficiently and safely, and to provide excellent care for our patients.
The Trust is primarily composed of four main hospital sites:
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB)
- Heartlands Hospital (BHH)
- Good Hope Hospital (GHH)
- Solihull Hospital (SOL)
Regardless of your site, the induction programme is the same. It has the following four elements that you must complete (expand each section to find out more):
Corporate Induction
Delivery method: online via Moodle
This package is mandatory for all new resident doctors joining the Trust regardless of your grade or hospital site. It is part of your induction to UHB. Should you need to speak to a member of the team about this training package, please email:
Resident Doctors Induction
Delivery method: online via Moodle
Description
This package is mandatory for all new resident doctors joining the Trust regardless of your grade or hospital site. It is part of your induction to UHB. Should you need to speak to a member of the team about this training package, please email:
Practical Skills Training
Delivery method: in person
It is mandatory for all new resident doctors joining the Trust to receive some face-to-face practical skills training.
These sessions compliment the online theory that you will have undertaken within the mandatory resident doctor induction (shown above). These sessions will be delivered in small group classrooms when you start with the Trust. All new resident doctors will complete the following:
- Resuscitation
- Blood transfusion
- ABG machine
- PICS training
If your start date is in February, July or August you will be booked into these sessions ahead of time.
If you have not received this information three days prior to your start date please email:
If you are starting with the Trust outside of these months, please visit the 'booking practical skill training' page for more information.
Local Departmental Induction
Delivery method: in person
It is a mandatory requirement that all new resident doctors joining the Trust regardless of your grade or hospital site receive a local departmental induction.
Local induction:
- Enables you to meet members of the team you will be working with
- Helps you to get to know your new working environment
- Gain specific knowledge and skills about procedures and systems using with your department
- Gives you an opportunity to ask questions you might have
Find out more on the local induction page:
The department in which you are scheduled to join will make contact with you prior to your start date to confirm your local induction arrangements.
If you have not received this information three days prior to your scheduled start date please email the team:
If you are having trouble accessing the 'Postgraduate Medical Education Dashboard' on Moodle, please email the team.
This induction package is mandatory, and we require all resident doctors to complete it either prior to commencement or within the first few days of joining the Trust.
Compliance with the resident doctor induction package is closely monitored, and non-compliance will be reported through the appropriate channels. We greatly appreciate your cooperation in completing this induction, and we hope that the information provided will assist you throughout your employment with the Trust.
If you have any additional questions about the resident doctors induction, please do not hesitate to email the team.
Orientation videos
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Orientation video for foundation year one doctors at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
Heartlands Hospital
Orientation video for foundation year one doctors at Heartlands Hospital.
Good Hope Hospital
Orientation video for foundation year one doctors at Good Hope Hospital.
For additional guidance, please refer to the downloads link.
We look forward to working alongside you.
Last reviewed: 24 July 2025