Dr Ayda Yuksek

Responsibilities to include managing ward patients and independent cover of ENT and urology new admissions and ward patients out of hours

- Acquired expertise in managing ACS and severe heart failure

- Monitoring patients in cardiac care units (CCUs), including assessing vital signs and interpreting cardiac monitoring

- Participated in several diagnostic and therapeutic interventions such as ETT, DC cardioversion

- Organized and led the weekly departmental cardiology teaching program in which I regularly took part in

- Conducting an audit project to monitor the time from GP referral with suspected heart failure to ECHO and clinic appointment

- Conducting consultations with patients presenting with a wide range of medical conditions, including acute and chronic illnesses, formulating their management plan and referring to relevant specialties or other healthcare professionals when necessary

- Providing patient education on lifestyle modifications, medication adherence, and disease management strategies.

- Conducting home visits for patients who are unable to attend the practice due to mobility issues or serious illness

- Regularly attending and actively participating in multidisciplinary team meetings to deliver comprehensive and holistic care

- Participating in and often leading the ward rounds and case discussions, presenting patient cases, and contributing to clinical decision-making.

- Experience in medical clerking on my on-call shifts, formulating and implementing treatment plans under the supervision of seniors

- Regularly performing core procedures and experience in practical skills such as lumbar puncture

- Teaching and supporting medical students on their specialty attachment

- Covered 3 inpatient wards; managed psychiatric and medical emergencies and regularly participated in Memory Clinic

- Acquired expertise in communicating with patients with cognitive impairment and prescribing psychotropic medication, performing MSEs

• Assessment, diagnosis, and early management of common surgical presentations
• Gained experience in managing acutely unwell patients independently while seniors are occupied in theatre on my on-call shifts
• Developed strong organizational skills in a fast-paced rotation with a rapid patient turnover
• Acquired basic surgical practical skills such as suturing and I&D

- Joining the renal team one day a week throughout my foundation 1 year to take part in ward duties and observe practical procedures such as temporal line insertion, kidney biopsies

- More in-depth knowledge of complex renal conditions and their management through first-hand experience in a tertiary unit

- Experience in USS guided cannulation