Curriculum Vitae

Post

Skills and Procedures Learned

Description

PRHO

General Medicine

General Surgery

Intensive Care

Basic skills:

Identifying the sick patient,

Efficient clerking,

Prioritizing patients

Consenting patient for surgery

Communication skills

Team Working

Procedures:

Central venous catheterisation

Arterial line insertion

Endotracheal Intubation

CP Resuscitation

Lumbar Puncture

As general medical house officer, I covered wards and clerked admissions, including 1 in 4 on call and 1 in 8 night shift.

As the ITU house officer, I also attended cardiac arrest calls as the anaesthetist, and was involved in optimising patients for theatre.

I attained my Immediate Life Support (ILS) certificate.

SHO

Accident and Emergency

Wound Suturing

Fracture Reduction

Poisoning Management

Joint aspiration

I encountered a great diversity of patients, ranging from heavy trauma to foreign bodies. I gained experience in dealing with sickle cell crises, drug abuse, and psychiatric and psychosocial problems.

SHO

Neurology

Lumbar puncture

Thrombolysis of stroke protocol

As the acute stroke SHO on call, I worked closely with a dedicated rehabilitation multidisciplinary team.

Additionally I looked after specialist vascular and general neurology ward patients.

SHO

General Medicine Nephrology

Transplant Medicine

Chest drain Insertion

Tunnelled Line

Acute medical take: approx. 1 in 4 for 3 months, and general medical ward work approx 2 months.

During this post I also acquired skills in dealing with acute and chronic renal impairment, haemodialysis assessment

2000–2003

Supervisor for undergraduate Natural Science Tripos 2^nd year Neurobiology course, at Cambridge University. I was teaching groups of two or three students for 3–5 hours per week during term-time. Lecture courses included membrane electrophysiology, developmental neurobiology, motor and sensory systems and cognitive psychology.

2003–2004

Clinical Supervisor at Addenbrooke's Hospital. During my tenure as SHO, I have taken active part in teaching students and house officers, holding regular bedside teaching sessions.

2002–2005

Cambridge University Distributed Opportunities System (CUDOS) project:

This project is funded by a National Teaching Fellowship, and provides web-based educational software to bridge the gap for medical students between A-levels and University. I am the lead medical software programmer and instructor for a group of around 10 students who work on this project which is funded by a National Teaching Fellowship, and provides web-based educational software to bridge the gap for medical students between A-levels and University.

The software includes visual interactive models and simulations of many physical, chemical and biological processes, such as membrane chemistry, ripple tanks, fluid flow and electrical circuits

Sept 2004 to present

Honorary Researcher at Institute of Cognitive Neurosciences, University College London

Mar 2000

Part II project: " Using the motion after-effect to measure the contribution of colour-sensitive pathways to the perception of motion ." Research conducted in Cambridge University Vision Laboratory under Prof. J Mollon, over a period of 4 months.

Mar 2002

Elective: "The effect of contrast on peripheral letter crowding in synaesthesia."

Research Conducted in the laboratory of Prof. VS Ramachandran, Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego over a period of 2 months.

April 2000

Lecture reviewing the current state of research in acoustic hair cells to a group of peers, research fellows and professors.

2003 – 2004

Case presentations as SHO:

1. Lyme disease

2. Aortic Dissection

3. Paradoxical Embolism

2003

"The role of temporal artery biopsy in the management of temporal arteritis" evaluating whether the results of a series of 50 biopsies undertaken in recent years at the West Suffolk Hospital affected patient management. The study showed that biopsy results in our sample did not significantly affect the duration of dose of steroids given to patients.

2003

"Management of new-onset atrial fibrillation in acute surgical patients," which studied 53 patients admitted under the surgeons who developed new onset AF. The results show that, in most patients an underlying cause was present, and that in many cases, insufficient investigation was made into the cause

2003

Surgical Mortality & Morbidity - Four Presentations at Bury St.Edmunds

2004

Management of acute pain in children with fractures

2005

Audit on Admission & Discharges at the Acute Brain Injury Unit

Summer

2000

NeuroLab Java conversion: Converted a piece of academic software for teaching undergraduate neurophysiology.

The set of 30 interactive models demonstrates many neurophysiological principles ranging from in currents in the action potential, neural adaptation and synaptic learning, to neuroanatomy and motivational models.

The software is sold with the undergraduate textbook: Carpenter, RHS, Neurophysiology

2002 to present

Human Physiology Modeling Project: I am the programmer of this project at the Department of Physiology, Cambridge University. The aim is to produce a realistic computerized numerical model of the whole of human physiology. The focus is currently on normal physiology and homeostasis, but is being extended to cover disease processes, and also modeling of treatment. The simulation unifies the principles of cardiovascular, respiratory, renal and metabolic physiology.

The software has now been integrated into the undergraduate Physiology and Medicine courses at Cambridge.

1998–1999

1997–2000

2000

Academic Scholarship at Gonville and Caius College

Choral Scholarship at Gonville & Caius College

Conductor of College Orchestra

1997–2000

2000

2000

1997–2000

1999

1997

1999–2000

2001

2005

Choral scholar of Caius College

Conductor of College Orchestra

Two compositions performed on Radio 3

University Chamber Choir

Cambridge University Singers

College Music Society committee representative

Rowed for College

Ballroom dancing

Life member of CU Scientific Society

Intermediate Certificate in German

Sun Certified Java Programmer

It is my intention to complete my clinical specialist training, and simultaneously undertake a PhD in cognitive neuroscience. I would eventually like to pursue a combined clinical and research career in Neurology and Neurosciences. My current particular interest is in visual attention and decision-making. I am currently a clinical research fellow at UCL Institute of Cognitive Neurosciences.