Sumayyah Ibrahim

I work as an SHO in the General Medical Ward with out-of-hour
cover extending to the Acute Medical Unit

Duties and responsibilities:

-Initial assessment of patients admitted into the General Medical Wards.

-Completing medical procedures including venous cannulation, ABG sample collection, , NG tube insertion and urinary catheter insertion.

-Presentation in the medical ward rounds.

-Evaluation of patient treatment and management plans. This includes updating inpatient prescriptions.

-Providing updates and completing next-of-kin discussions while ensuring

proper documentation.

-Making referrals and following up on consults to different sub-specialties to

ensure continuity of care.

-Completing discharge summaries and initiating the appropriate outpatient

follow-up plans.

-Teaching during the departmental teaching sessions that involve fellow

resident doctors, registrars and consultants.

-Contributing to Audits and Quality Improvement Projects

-Provide out-of-hours medical cover across multiple specialties, working closely with the Medical Registrar and multidisciplinary team to assess, escalate, and manage acutely unwell patients.

-Shadowed Senior House Officers in ED with support from registrars and consultants.

-I completed history-taking procedures and patient assessments.

-I participated in a resuscitation simulation to review emergency procedures in cardiac arrest and unstable patients.

I worked at a multispecialty secondary hospital that operated a consultant-led General Medical Unit with various inpatient services

Duties and responsibilities:

-Receive, examine, investigate, and treat patients coming into the units while making the appropriate decisions around admission and discharge.

-Participating in daily ward rounds and handover rounds.Re-evaluating management plans with the consultants and updating drug charts.

-Participating in resuscitations and responding appropriately to emergencies in the unit.

-Communicating with patients and liaising with caregivers

-Working with wider multidisciplinary teams to manage patients in the unit.

-Escalating care to registrars and consultants.

-Preparing discharge summaries and referral notes to ensure continuity of care.

-Completing routine clinical procedures in line with my competencies.

-Teaching practical skills and clinical knowledge to Junior House Officers, medical students, and nursing students rotating in the unit.

-Contributing to Quality Improvement Projects and administrative duties.

-Ensuring patient safety and confidentiality while upholding the highest level of professionalism.

I worked at a 400-bed tertiary hospital serving a population of 900,000. I rotated through different subspecialties in Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, and Obstetrics & Gynaecology .
Duties and responsibilities:

-Assessed and managed patients in the units, participated in ward rounds, andperformed basic clinical procedures in line with mycompetencies.

-Responded to emergencies in the units, escalated care, and assisted with

resuscitations.

- completed prescriptions, discharge summaries, and referral notes.

Liaised with other members of the healthcare staff and other departments

-Participated in CME presentations, delivering teaching presentations to the clinical staff and medical students

- Teaching 5th and 6th-year medical students

I worked in the 60-bed General Medical Unit in a multispecialty tertiary hospital serving a population of 350,000.
Duties and responsibilities:

-Assessed and managed patients in the inpatient and outpatient medical units.

-Participated in daily ward rounds and handover rounds led by the Consultants. I also routinely conducted unsupervised rounds with Junior House Officers

-Assisted with resuscitation and responded appropriately to emergencies in the unit.

-Volunteered at outpatient clinics for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) victims.