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Director, Hematology Postgraduate
program
Hematology Department
King AbdulAziz
University, 2003- 2007
I was appointed Director of the
Postgraduate Program by the Dean of Medical School in 2003. The postgraduate
training program in hematology is acknowledged by the Royal College of London.
I have organized four successful revision courses in clinical and diagnostic Hematology
in collaboration with the Royal
College. I supervise the
resident’s training and organize structured teaching sessions, twice a week. I
am also in charge of the training of rotating General Medicine residents. We
host around 12- 14 residents per year from different programs and hospitals. I
am also a member of the Post- Graduate Committee at the Medical School
at KAU. Other responsibilities include postgraduate teaching. There are
currently eight residents enrolled in the Hematology Program.
Assistant Professor:
Hematology Department,
Faculty of
Medicine
King Abdul-Aziz
University. 2000
When I was appointed as a faculty
member at the University I was given several responsibilities. The first is
teaching the undergraduates: this includes teaching
4th, 5th
and 6th year Medical
School students. The teaching
is either in the form of tutorials, lectures or case discussions. I also mark
medical students’ assays in the final Hematology exams.
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Consultant
(Attending): Hematology Department,
King Abdul
Aziz University
Hospital. 2001
KAUH is a DGH with a capacity of 200 beds, serving an area population of
around 800, 000. The Department of Hematology includes 8 consultants, 8
residents. My job as a consultant entails several clinical and laboratory
responsibilities. I run a weekly clinic, in which I see an average of 30
general hematology patients as well as hematological oncology cases. I attend
the weekly rounds, in which all inpatients are presented and discussed. I am
on- call at least 5 days a month. During this time I supervise the on- call
resident and I manage all hematology inpatients. I also review all hematology
consults.
I have been the Jeddah Hematology Club coordinator for four years. The
club meets four times a year to discuss interesting hematological cases. It is
attended by 30 hematologists on average.
Senior Registrar:
Hematology Department,
King Abdul
Aziz University
Hospital. 2000
As a senior registrar I was
responsible for all Hematology inpatients and Emergency Room admissions. I
attended all Hematology clinics according to the assigned rota. I attended
clinical Hematology rounds twice weekly. I presented many talks and tutorials
and case presentations both within the department and nationally.
Registrar: Hematology
Department,
King Abdul
Aziz University
Hospital . 1999
My responsibilities at this
stage included attending to inpatients on the clinical hematology floor or as
day cases. I performed minor procedures like bone marrow biopsies, lumbar punctures and intra- thecal chemotherapy
administration.
I attended all hematology
clinics according to the assigned Rota. During
this period I passed my first part (diploma) of The membership of the Royal
College of Pathologists in London.
A year later I passed the 2nd
(clinical) part of the MRCPath examination and became a Member of the Royal
College.
Registrar: Hematology
Dept., Manchester Royal Infirmary Manchester,
UK
The Hematology department at the
Royal Infirmary has a comprehensive hematology setup. It caters for general
Hematology, Hematology/Oncology and Hemophilia/ Thrombosis patients. In
addition it also has a Bone Marrow Transplant unit in which about 50
transplants are performed yearly.
During my one year rotation at
the Royal Infirmary, I obtained a limited registration and was attending all
clinics with the consultants in-charge. I attended weekly clinical rounds,
morphology meetings and teaching activities.
Registrar: Haematology
Dept.,
Addenbrookes Hospital,
Cambridge, UK
During my rotation at
Addenbrookes Department of Hematology, I attended out- patient clinics with the
consultants in charge and weekly clinical rounds. I
was involved in the Hemophilia
unit and the Hematological Oncology service. I attended the morphology meetings
and various other teaching activities.
Intern :Cairo University
Hospitals,
Cairo, Egypt
Cairo University
Medical School
Hospital is a huge
teaching hospital with a bed capacity of 6,000. I attended a year of internship
at the hospital and affiliated
institutions. This included rotation through various
departments with on- call and Emergency Room responsibilities. I worked under
close supervision of Registrars and Consultants.
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