Mahrukh Alam

Consultant Geriatrician with a strong focus on Intermediate Care and Rehabilitation dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for elderly patients through comprehensive and compassionate care. Proven expertise in developing tailored treatment plans that address complex medical needs while promoting independence and dignity. Committed to expanding professional contributions in Intermediate Care, leveraging a deep understanding of geriatric medicine to drive innovative solutions and improve patient outcomes. Passionate about collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to foster a holistic approach to elderly care.

M.B.B.S, Dow Medical University of Karachi, Pakistan

• Clinical Excellence Award 2024
• First prize awarded in SpR Presentations in Welsh BGS in Sept 2008 Swansea.
• Distinctions in Obstetrics and Gynaecology & Ophthalmology in Final year MBBS 1996
• Scholarship in regional board examination, Secondary School 1986

• I have been actively involved in Educational and Clinical Supervision of junior doctors through out my academic and professional career providing high quality of teaching and guidance in a pastoral role overseeing their constant progress with in their foundation year training as well as GP training.
• I constantly received excellent feedback regarding this aspect of my involvement in training and teaching Trainee doctors and Medical students attached to my ward.
• My Educational role has given me insight to facilitate and provide practical guidance and support in terms of counseling and supporting the junior doctors and medical student's well being as well as shaping their future with providing orientation into the right career pathways.

Available on request

Teaching is an activity I enjoy. I am very enthusiastic about continuing and expanding my role in education. My objective throughout the activities listed below has been to achieve the development of high quality education, which I see as an important aspect to the development of effective patient care.

• Actively involved in Care of Elderly teaching sessions including regular Teaching Forums for Medical students where I am able to give high quality presentations. I am fully familiar with the use of PowerPoint and multimedia to enhance my presentations.
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• Involved in teaching third and fifth year medical students attached to the firm in many of my appointments, including my most recent. Familiar with meeting the challenges of a teaching hospital post and prioritizing appropriately this important aspect of a teaching hospital position.
• Actively involved in OSCE's to examine medical students and provide feedback later.
• Undertook formal consultant organized bedside teaching of students specifically regarding clinical examination.
• Guide medical students to explore concepts with engagement and learning-focused activities through real time cases and scenarios.
• Adapted teaching methods and materials to meet medical student's varying needs.

• I have been actively involved in Educational and Clinical Supervision of junior doctors through out my academic and professional career providing high quality of teaching and guidance in a pastoral role overseeing their constant progress with in their foundation year training as well as GP training.
• I constantly received excellent feedback regarding this aspect of my involvement in training and teaching Trainee doctors and Medical students attached to my ward.
• My Educational role has given me insight to facilitate and provide practical guidance and support in terms of counseling and supporting the junior doctors and medical student's well being as well as shaping their future with providing orientation into the right career pathways.

 Strive to improve my personal assertiveness, time management and leadership skills through personal practice in my recent posts. I am committed to further development of my managerial skills both through exposure to management decisions and through attending formal training.
 Regularly attend Clinical Governance meetings in order to keep myself up to date about Hospital management and patient’s wellbeing, in order to improve and safeguard high standards of care.
 Maintain liaison with bed managers and secretarial staff to organize elective admissions despite bed crises in General Medicine.
 Developed my appreciation for the role of audit, clinical guidelines and complaints in improving service quality. Believe that medical audit is one of the principal and most important procedures for maintaining and improving care to the patient.
 Possess good communication/team skills and believe in maintaining fruitful rapport with patients, patient’s relatives and hospital staff. Consistently receiving positive feedback about this aspect of my care.
 Continually strive for total coordination and multi-disciplinary participation in determining best appropriate care for patients.

• Lead for Clinical Governance: I have been a lead for Clinical Governance within my Department over a decade now where I am responsible for organizing and holding Clinical Governance sessions on am a monthly basis. The role entails in delivering and presenting Governance data for the department involving risk assessment as well as cascading the minutes of the meeting to the department attendees.
• Lead for Continence: My role entails supervising and providing support to Continence Nurse specialists. Reviewing Continence and catheter policies as well as conducting Clinical Audits on continence and catheters.

Immediate
• Develop my skills in medical education as well as expand my role in teaching of students. Enhance further expertise in Research and an active involvement in Evidence Based Practice.
Intermediate
• Build upon my managerial expertise and skills.
Long-term
• I am committed to advance as a consultant physician within Geriatric Medicine, Rehabilitation & Intermediate care.
• I wish to develop my interests in medical education, medical ethics and Continuing Health Care.

Sports      
       Badminton and Chess

        Swimming
General
• In my spare time I enjoy cooking Asian curries and Chinese cuisines.
• I enjoy travelling and sight seeing various destinations in my annual leave periods.
• I am a trilingual and can speak in English, Urdu and Persian languages fluently and possess excellent communication skills.

Available on request