Omar Mostafa

OM

Final Year Medical Student at The University of Birmingham

Location Birmingham

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    Drawing the threads

    Next level 1

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    A conversation about my talent

    I feel that I have not fully reached the scope to grow yet but I am in the process of developing myself in several avenues.

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    Discovery 1: The Ideal Self

    I would like to be more confident in leadership and management to create a positive change in my work place and my personal life

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    At what level am I learning?

    I think working in the NHS requires a mixture of all the above. Being a doctor, the most important are self and skills, but that depends on the stage of your career and your own personal goals.

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    Developing self-awareness

    This is the beginning of my self awareness journey

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    Using Kolb’s cycle

    I entered the cycle at the experience stage when I was learning how to insert central lines on ITU. Although it was a difficult procedure, I was able to reflect on my approach and technique, combined with feedback from my supervisor, I was able to come up with better approaches to the procedure and the subsequent attempts were much more easy and successful.

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    Learning at the level of skills and capabilities

    To make progress along this path it is important to take a moment to reflect on what you have learnt so far, seek feedback on how to improve and go into the next step with minimal fear of failure. I think bad habits start to develop either at the very beginning when one is not prepared to self-develop/remains unconsciously incompetent, or when they become too...

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    Definitions of learning

    One of my most significant learning experiences included learning a practical procedure in the intensive care unit to deliver care to a critically unwell patient. It has taught me the importance of not treating just the numbers or the lab results, but to focus on the patient as a whole. It has made me realise the importance of clear communication between...

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    The part leaders play

    Heart - seeing sick patients and acutely unwell patients on the wards daily, particularly around Christmas period. Everyone was treated with compassion.
    Head - Undertaking quality improvement projects to improve services, particularly after recent CQC inspection.
    Hand - Working with different teams/departmenets to provide high quality care to our patients,...

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    The promise to our people

    Our trust values are: Respect, compassion, professionalism and teamwork

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    The workplace we all want

    A poor workplace is often a reflection of poor leadership and coherence between team members. The best workplace has clear leadership and vision, members of the team understand their roles and there is transparency in all communications.

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    For UK health and care staff and students on placement...

    Thank you!

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    Welcome to an Introduction to Personal Development

    Hi everyone, I am Omar - an FY2 on Trauma and Orthopaedics. I am taking part in this course to develop my leadership skills to try and influence positive change within my trust.

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    Introduce yourself

    Hello! I'm Omar - final year medical student at the University of Birmingham :D

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    Poll - What do you think about protocols?

    Overall, it is clear that having protocols to support the clinician's decision-making process will have a hugely positive impact on the patient's peri- and post-operative care.

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    Implementing Anaemia Pathways

    This is the first time I come across such a concept (a peri-operative anaemia service) and it makes me wonder - is there a role for community doctors (GPs) in assisting the process of optimising patients for surgery? Instead of setting up special services or patients having to visit the hospital for regular appointments, could this take place in general practice?

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    Estimating patient risk - 1

    Case 1: 1.2%
    Case 2: 0.37%
    Case 3: 7.8%
    Case 4: 37.9%

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    No decision about me without me

    I totally agree that shared decision making should be the core of consultations and patient management. However, as the article briefly mentioned above, health literacy is one of the hurdles faced by the clinical team (and patients, of course) when it comes to making a shared plan. Perhaps time and resources could be spent on empowering communities with lower...

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    How to change tradition

    I personally haven't had the chance to be involved as a patient in the surgical pathway, so my opinion is only based on what I have seen in practice and my personal reflection on it.
    1. It should begin when there is an option for the surgical management of any condition. Optimising patient's for surgery should not just happen when the only option is surgery,...

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    The International Surgical Outcomes Study (ISOS)

    Interesting perspective regarding whether we are doing more surgeries than we should compare to lower-income countries! Perhaps given we have a NHS which has a lot more advanced resources than other countries, I am not entirely surprised that we are able to cater for patients with high-risk. However, it feels like a double-edged sword; being able to operate on...

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    A need for change

    Fully agree with this!