Medical Officer
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Profile
Kyle is a PDI candidate and medical doctor that works for the South African National Department of Health. Kyle has a passion for giving back to the community and orthopaedics and believes in working hard in order to refine his skills as a doctor.
The key strengths Kyle has gained during his practical and study exposure are:
1)Strong leadership, especially during resuscitations and crises.
2)Day to day management of colleagues in a workplace setting.
3)Working well in a clinical management team with a focus on patient centred outcomes.
Skills and Competencies
Key Skills & Competencies
Experience
Achievement
Clinical Skills
3 +years in both a rural health and government hospital environment
Efficient and thorough patient management in a resource poor environment
Phlebotomy
Peripheral and central venous catheterization on both the elderly and young.
Able to successfully withdraw blood and put up and intra venous lines to ensure patients get fluids
Best Medicine Practices
Use of PubMed and online resources to determine appropriate patient management
Altering local clinic protocols in a resource poor setting in order to maintain best medicine practices
Patient Diagnosis
5+ years of clinical diagnosis, which includes spot diagnosis as well as biochemical results and radiological equipment
Able to interpret and correlate all clinical signs and symptoms with adjunct tests in order to reach the correct diagnosis
Bed Side Manner
3+ years of successful patient interaction
Able to simply explain and answer patient questions
Grief Counselling
3+ years of counselling patients friends and family members
Able to listen to all questions and concerns with family members.
Able to provide comfort and concise answers.
Effective Time Management
5+ years of clinical patient management
Able to see more than 40 patients a day at a rural clinic while still providing concise and holistic treatment
Judgement and Decision Making
3+ years of decision making, 1+ year of the decisions being solely my responsibility
Management of 5 rural clinics where I was the senior doctor in charge.
I ran multiple successful resuscitations by guiding my colleagues
Radiographical Interpretation
5 + years of radiological examination and correlation to patient symptoms
Able to perform early and late obstetrical ultrasounds to look for anatomical abnormalities.
Was the sole physician at 5 rural clinics able to perform obstetrical ultrasound.
CPR Certified
5+ years of CPR certification
Able to perform CPR as well as run a resuscitation cycle. Ran more the 10 resuscitations at rural clinics with positive outcomes
Pharmaceutical Administration
3+ years of prescribing treatment to patients
Able to correctly prescribe antibiotics in order to minimize anti-microbial resistance.
Able to manage chronic conditions to ensure control of bodily processors
Summary of Experience
Organisation
Position
Dates
South African National
Department of Health, Rustenburg
District Clinic Manager/Community Service Officer
Feb 2018 – Nov 2019
South African National
Department of Health
Medical Intern
Mar 2015 – Apr 2017
Education
Institution
Qualification & Year
Achievements
University of the Witwatersrand
MBBCh 2015
Member of Golden Key Society
Wits Alumni
Employment History
Organisation: South African National Department of Health
Position: District Clinic Manager/Community Service Officer
Dates: Feb 2018 —Nov 2019
Duties:
Day to day management and patient focused care for 5 separate rural clinics
Seeing upwards of 40 patients a day which ranged from general medical conditions such as hypertension to performing obstetrical ultrasounds on pregnant patients.
Triaging and stabilizing orthopaedic emergencies.
Organizing the nursing staff in terms of triage
Running the trauma and casualty areas in a resource poor environment
Upskill medical and nursing students on basic medical procedures such as CPR
Achievements:
Lowered patient waiting times via effective triage, which lead to better patient outcomes.
Effective patient management in a resource poor setting, resulting in lower prevalence of chronic conditions
Organisation: South African National Department of Health
Position: Medical Intern
Dates: Mar 2015 —Apr 2017
Duties:
Kyle was an intern in multiple medical disciplines. The programme is run by the South African National Department of Health and involves doctors being rotated between different departments. During this period Kyle worked at Helen Joseph Hospital as well as Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital. Kyle gained experience in the following departments:
oGeneral Surgery
oInternal Medicine
oObstetrics & Gynaecology
oPsychiatry
oOrthopaedics
oPediatricts
oAnaesthetics
oFamily Medicine & Trauma
oHIV Clinic
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Achievements
Golden Key Society Member, 2009 to present
The Golden Key Society is a mission based society that seeks to enable members to realise their potential by connecting individual achievement with service and lifelong opportunity.
Through hard work and academic achievement Kyle was invited to join this organisation which allowed him to attend a medical tour to China. This tour was focused on giving doctors exposure to the effects of traditional Chinese Medicine and how it can be combined with Western medicine to better benefit the people of China.
References
1)Dr S Rayne 2) Dr C Kabongo
Intern Curator Sub-District Manager
Helen Joseph Hospital Thlabane Health Centre
3) Dr A Lombe
Senior Medical Officer
Thlabane Health Centre
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