Medical Degree Registrable in NSW.

I have completed AMC MCQ, Clinicals and IELTS and my medical college is listed in WHO
colleges. I am eligible for registration with NSW medical board.

Communication skills with patients, relatives, medical and nursing colleagues and
other staff.
I have got good skills to communicate with patients. I use open ended approach to start the
interview with the patients. I use facilitation, active listening and nodding to help the patients
to tell his/her story, and then I use direct questions later on to reach a diagnosis and complete
a systemic review. I know the importance of keeping silence or confrontation in different
situations while dealing with the patients and their relatives.
I have always given consideration to the advice of my colleagues and have never felt
hesitant in asking or clarifying a step in the patients management from my seniors. Besides, I
have great respect for nursing staff, and I really give importance to their opinion in the
management of patients.
I have also provided guidance and leadership to juniors, allied medical staff and other staff as
needed.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills:

Oral
Standards of good oral communication with the patients.

Listen actively.
Elicit accurate information from patients and their relatives.
Communicate openly and politely with the patients and their carers in a language
that they can easily understand.
Provide information effectively and sensitively to the patients.
Be aware of different communication techniques as may be needed indifferent
situations. Be sensitive to the needs of the patients from a multicultural society
with varying ethnic, religious, lifestyle and socio-economic background.
Keep maintain the patient confidentiality at all times unless it is legally and
ethically required to be breached.

My Skills and Experiences.

I have worked in different hospitals at various positions and with patients with
multiple backgrounds. I am able to grasp the following communication skills.
I am very good at taking a good history. I introduce myself first to the
patients and then listen to their complaints actively. In between I would
ask non leading and open ended questions to guide me towards the specific
diagnosis.
I always try to speak in a language that the patients can easily
understand. I can communicate with the patients in English, Urdu, Hindi,
Punjabi,languages.
I always maintain the dignity and respect for my patients and talk to them politely
and in a way that does not hurt their feelings and beliefs.
I have always counselled the patients thoroughly and effectively.
I have dealt with the abusive patients in difficult situations successfully.

I always try to keep my cool and do not argue with the patient.
Whenever I have to break bad news, I try to be compassionate but realistic
to the patient.
I never breach my patient confidentiality unless I have to do it for legal
or ethical reasons.
I have great respect for patients from various cultural, ethnic, religious, socio
-economic backgrounds. And I always try to keep their different faiths
and beliefs in my mind whenever I am sharing information with them.

Written
Good standards of written skills.

Maintain up-to-date and accurate patients records.

Be able to provide any written documentation accurately, clearly and legibly.
Should have good writing skills.
Be able to write accurate and legitimate presentations.
Make accurate discharge summaries, death certificates and medical certificates.
Fulfil any legal requirement.
Use electronic devices in gathering information.

My Experience and Abilities.

I assess my patients daily before the main round. I write down clinical notes,
including Vital signs, Input Output records, CVP measurements
wound condition, presenting complain, progress of the patient and any new
complaint, investigation results and treatment. It assists the consultants in
planning for patient discharge.
I have always maintained an up-to-date and accurate medical record of my
patients.
I have got good writing skills as indicated by my OET score.
I explain to the patients the risks, benefits or other alternatives of any
investigation or treatment which I advise them and make it their choice what
to choose.
I have always taken an informed written consent from my patients.
My prescriptions are written in a clear and legible manner with my name,
signature and date on it.
I have always written the discharge summaries, made death certificates and
provided medical certificates accurately and in time.
I have shared in writing the important information about the patient condition
with the patient GP.
I have filled the important legal forms to notify the health authorities of any
notifiable disease.
I have been using the laptops and pagers inside the hospital to assist me,
obtain any lab results, maintain accurate patients notes and to write any
discharge and formal letters. With the help of pagers, I can remain in contact
with my team members and other staff and can attend any call at a short

at a short notice.
I have skills in using Windows Vista, Windows XP, Word, Works, Power Point, Excel and net
browsing.

Preparedness to participate on after-hours, overtime and on call

rosters to support colleagues.
I have worked in a roster of one call every third day while working in LNH and
JPMC. Besides, I have worked overtime, worked in shifts and provided cover to my
colleagues when they are in need of. I have worked as Intern, HO, AEMO and SHO
and it is not unusual at junior level to work overtime. So I am quite happy and willing
to work in on call rosters, after hours or to provide cover to my colleagues as it is
needed.

Evidence of ability and preference for working in multidisciplinary

team.
I have worked in large tertiary care centres like Holy Family Hospital and Railway
Hospital and DHQ Jhelum during my studies and during postgraduate years. All these
hospitals provide complete multidisciplinary team approach towards patient
management. As a junior doctor it was my responsibility to send referrals to and to
involve various departments in the management of my patients. And then to take the
necessary steps to carry out the orders advised by them. I also visited other
departments along with my team to assess the patients on request.
This clearly shows that, I have worked in a system that involves various faculties, to
provide care to patients. I really enjoyed working in a multidisciplinary environment,
and I would love to have my placement as a doctor in a hospital that adheres to this
principle of multidisciplinary patient care.

Preparedness to participate on after-hours, overtime and on call

rosters to support colleagues.
I have worked in a roster of one call every third day while working in HFH, Railway
Hospital and DHQ Hospital. Besides, I have worked overtime, worked in shifts and
provided cover to my colleagues when they are in need of. I have worked as Intern,
HO, AEMO and SHO and it is not unusual at junior level to work overtime. So I am
quite happy and willing to work in on call rosters, after hours or to provide cover to
my colleagues as it is needed.
I have worked previously in emergency medicine and my aim is to compltete my
training in emergency medicine in australia and get a fellowship of royal college of
emergency medicine australia
[1:24:31 AM] doc: My passion is to get a fellowship of royal australian college of
emergency medicine
I have worked in emergency medicine for x years and I would like to work in
emergency medicine in highly specialised environment here in australia to equip
myself with the most upto date knowledge and skills in managing emergencies and
acheive my aim by completing fellowship of Royal australian college emergency
medicine

Previous experience in emergency department:

I completed my house job from Mayo hospital Lahore. It ia the biggest hospital of
Pakistan having 2000 beds and its emergency department is one of the busiest in
Pakistan having a daily turn out of more than 1000 patients. I worked in Accident and
Emergency/General Surgery department of Mayo hospital for six months and General
Medicine/Medical Emergency Department of Mayo Hospital for four months during
house job.
After completing house job I worked in Govt. and private hospitals for almost last
four years. I have been working in hospital as a resident medical officer since January
2007. It is a 50 bed secondary care private hospital in. It has a very busy emergency
department. And as a resident medical officer it was my duty to work in emergency
department and manage different emergency cases.
My purpose to take AMC exam and come to Australia is to get training in high
standard Australian hospital system and to get a fellowship degree from Australia.
In Mayo Hospital Lahore, a mortality conference is held every fortnightly in medical
and surgical wards, and all the patients who expire during that period and reasons of
there death are discussed and if it is required, recommendations are made accordingly
to improve any deficiency in the management of patients in future.
While working in the Mayo hospital, Govt Basic health unit and Al-Karim Hospital I
used to report all the infectious disease cases to infectious disease control programme
operated by the Govt. of Punjab. Then they took appropriate steps to minimise the
spread of the disease and made recommendations accordingly if needed.
In Al-Karim hospital, if allergic reaction happens to any patient due to any drug, we
document it in the Allergy register. and a printed card is given to that patient with the
name of drug so that he can show it to a doctor in future anywhere.
In Mayo hospital and Al-Karim hospital if a patients get a wrong medicine
coincidently then we fill an incident report form explaining the reason that why this
happened so that the chances of such error can be reduced in the future.
Almost all Govt and Private hospitals in Pakistan specially Punjab are very busy and
have a high patient turn over because it is a densely populated area. Due to such a
high patient turn over it is very important to manage your time properly so that you
can give proper time to each patient according to the seriousness of his/her condition.