Lawrence Munyali Katheka

5 years of experience working mostly at the Accident and Emergency department of this tertiary level hospital, as well as other departments.

Amassed immense wealth of clinical knowledge, and managed a wide range of patients, including trauma, medical as well as other emergencies

Responsibilities during this period:

- Offering outpatient care to patients at the OPD (Out-patient department)

- Receiving and managing a wide variety of emergency cases on a daily basis: trauma, medical, cardiac

- Carrying out basic surgical procedures at the A&E theatre

- Promptly escalating care and referring to specialists when needed

- Conducting and participating in hospital and departmental CMEs (Continuing Medical Education)

- Supervising a team of more than 10 doctors

- Participating in creation of SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for the emergency department

- Rotating in other departments: in-patient, dialysis unit- reviewing patients, responding to emergencies, liaising with colleagues and other staff as needed

Company Overview: Extremely busy level V hospital with high patient turnover

Had a chance to build on my surgical, obstetric and gynecology, and overall clinical experience

Worked as a medical officer in the maternity department

Responsibilities during this period:

• Conducting ward rounds in the maternity and gynecology wards
• Supervising medical interns and other staff
• Carrying out surgical procedures: caesarean section, explorative laparotomy, Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA)
• Running obstetric and gynecology clinics
• Patient follow-up and health education

Was the first point of patient contact at the hospital, managing over 100 patients per day

Gained immense exposure and had an opportunity to sharpen clinical skills and build confidence to practice medicine

Responsibilities and skills gained:

• Clerkship and history taking
• Comprehensive patient examination
• Carrying out necessary investigations
• Prescribing treatment under senior supervision
• Carrying out surgical procedures:
• Patient follow up and healthcare education
• Conducting CMEs (Continuing Medical Education)

• Rotated in 4 key departments (surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics and gynecology) and gained immense experience managing and caring for patients