Omar Elsobky

I am employed at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital as a junior clinical fellow in the emergency department. The NHS operates this East Dorset district general hospital. Because this area is known for having the highest life expectancy in the nation, I see a lot of elderly patients.

My responsibilities include the initial management of patients presenting to the Emergency Department from all age groups, directing undifferentiated patients to the appropriate pathway, attending weekly lectures, contributing to clinical governance projects to ensure the best possible care, and covering for my colleagues.

Acute examples that I've managed include ACS, intestinal perforation, DKA, fast AF requiring medical care, and ICH.

My colleague Dr Simon and I are organising and delivering a surgical workshop on how to suture wounds with different techniques to our colleagues in the emergency department.

I work forty hours a week.

I worked as a Tier 2 Clinical Fellow in the Emergency Department at Northern General Hospital. It is a major trauma centre that treats patients from throughout Yorkshire. It is also the United Kingdom's second-largest trust.

During my work hours. I saw patients from resus, majors, and minors.

My responsibilities included teaching Sheffield Medical School students, initial management of patients presenting to the ED, admitting patients to related specialities, and discharging patients from the ED for proper follow-up in primary care if necessary.

Acute cases that I've seen include ACS, meningitis, PE, cauda equina, and brain tumours that cause mass effects.

I worked 40 hours a week.

I worked as a Junior Clinical Fellow in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. It is a tertiary hospital that serves patients from throughout Yorkshire. It is also the United Kingdom's second-largest trust.

During my work hours. I observed patients in the HDU, clinics, operating rooms, and wards.

My responsibilities included teaching Sheffield Medical School students, clerking, on-call coverage, post-operative evaluation, discharge letter writing, ward-level EVD care, and medical management of neurosurgical patients.

Acute cases I've seen include SAH, hydrocephalus, colloid cysts, cauda equina, and brain tumours that cause mass effect.

Elective cases may be Gliomas, acoustic neuromas, and cranioplasty are among the conditions I've encountered.

I worked 40 hours a week.

I worked as a Clinical Development Fellow in the Emergency Department of Forth Valley Royal Hospital. It is a District General Hospital operated by the NHS in the heart of Scotland.

My responsibilities included teaching medical students, attending weekly lectures, participating in quality improvement projects, and initiating emergency management for people of all ages.

In the emergency department, I've seen patients with rhabdomyolysis, ASDH, ICH, strokes, ACS, DKA, appendicitis, bowel obstruction, sepsis, catastrophic bleeding, lacerations, epilepsy, and electrolyte imbalance.

I worked 40 hours per week, including a non-clinical development day.

At Cairo University Students' Hospital in Giza, I was a full-time General Surgery resident trainee. It is a public district general hospital that complies with local regulatory requirements and has developed monitoring, safety, and governance mechanisms.

My responsibilities included attending outpatient clinics, initially managing acutely ill patients and emergencies, attending consultant-led ward rounds, completing tasks assigned during ward rounds on time, preparing and managing pre-operative and post-operative patients for elective and emergency surgeries, becoming a member of a multidisciplinary team led by a consultant to ensure holistic patient care, writing discharge summaries, and assisting in theatres. My consultants supervise me as I work.

The role required managing several acute emergencies as per ALS/ATLS protocol like appendicitis, perforated/bleeding peptic ulcer, gall bladder empyema, intestinal obstruction, gunshots, splenic trauma, shattered kidney, liver tear, irreducible/strangulated hernia, penetrating stab wounds, and abscess drainage.

Moreover, the role required managing elective cases like thyroidectomy, breast surgery, ventral hernia repair, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, amputations, salivary glands surgeries, colorectal surgeries and lipoma removal.

I worked a total of 60 hours every week.

Professor Doctor Hanan Nada Clinic, Giza, was where I was a medical officer. It handles common medical problems and directs patients to hospitals and other medical facilities for urgent and specialised care.

My role was to broaden and apply my professional knowledge and skills, improve my values and behaviour, promote a healthy lifestyle, prevent illness, strengthen my leadership capabilities, become a team player, ensure patient safety, improve quality, safeguard vulnerable groups, educate patients about their conditions, understand the fundamentals of research, manage complex conditions & long-term care, care for the whole person & community, guide patients on the proper use/adverse effects of their medications like blood thinners and work well with organisations & care systems. Dr Hanan Nada was my supervisor.

My job was to help my patients develop a treatment plan for chronic illnesses including diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis, asthma, COPD, bleeding disorders, anaemias and some dermatological conditions like eczema.

I worked a total of 48 hours every week.

At Cairo University Students' Hospital in Giza, I worked as a full-time Internal Medicine resident trainee. It is a public district general hospital that complies with local regulations and has established oversight, safety, and governance mechanisms.

My role was to obtain and record a relevant focused history from increasingly complex patients and challenging circumstances, perform an accurate clinical examination, synthesise history with clinical examination, formulate a management plan based on the likely clinical evolution, and develop the ability to prescribe, review, and monitor appropriate medications relevant to clinical practice, including therapeutic and preventative indications. My consultants were supervising my work.

Exacerbation of COPD/asthma, seizures, acute coronary syndrome, stroke, hematemesis/melena, septic arthritis, meningitis, acute presentation of COVID-19, hypoglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis, anaphylaxis, arrhythmias, coagulation disorders, sepsis, and giant cell arteritis are just a few of the emergencies I've seen.

I also saw cases of Cushing's syndrome, migraines, gout, bell's palsy, thyroid diseases, hypertension, and diabetes that were not urgent.

I worked a total of 80 hours every week.

At Cairo University Kasr Al-Aini Hospital, I was a full-time Neurosurgery resident trainee. It is the most well-known public tertiary hospital in the Middle East & Africa, serving a population of 9.5 million people.

My responsibilities included teaching junior doctors/medical interns/medical students, participating in research and publications, attending outpatient clinics, initially managing acutely unwell patients and emergencies, attending consultant-led ward rounds, completing tasks assigned during ward rounds on time, preparing & managing pre-operative & post-operative patients for elective & emergency surgeries, becoming a member of a consultant-led multidisciplinary team that ensures holistic patient care and writing discharge summaries. My consultants were watching over me while I worked.

Various sorts of brain haemorrhages, hydrocephalus, brain tumours decreasing Glasgow Coma Scale, pituitary adenomas impairing eyesight, burst neuro-vascular aneurysms, cauda equina, fractured spine injuries, and spinal shocks are among the crises I've seen.

Meningiomas, cerebellopontine angle tumours, lumbar disc prolapse, fracture base of the skull, simple/compound depressed skull fractures, craniosynostosis, and gliomas were among the non-urgent cases I addressed.

I worked a total of 80 hours every week.

At Cairo University Kasr Al-Aini Hospital, I received my foundation training.

As it is in accordance with Good Medical Practice, my training was equal to the UK's foundation programme. I use it on a regular basis in my profession. I make it a point to have my patients at the forefront of my mind at all times. I work to safeguard and promote the health of patients and the general population. I respect the dignity of my patients and treat them as individuals. I work in collaboration with patients, ensuring that the session is a two-way dialogue without imposing therapy and constantly offering options to meet the patients' needs. I behave with honesty, integrity, and transparency. I am always accountable for my medical practice and ready to justify my actions and judgments.

I've been taught how to maintain Excellent Medical Practice, provide good clinical care, offer acute good clinical care, and conduct fundamental clinical skills such as urethral catheterization, arterial blood gas collection, cannulation, and venipuncture.

My responsibilities included monitoring and measuring observations, wound dressing, withdrawing routine blood tests, scheduling scans, and attending lectures and clinics. I was working under the supervision of the Kasr Al-Aini Hospital personnel at Cairo University.

Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rheumatology, Neurosurgery, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Anaesthesia, Pediatrics, and General Surgery were my rotations.

Every week, I worked 40 hours.