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PonderMed #8: Dr. Fatima Ahmed. Obs and Gynae Registrar and Clinical Entrepreneur

November 5, 2018 By Pondering EM Leave a Comment

About Fatima

Fatima is an obstetrics and gynaecology registrar based in Birmingham. She is also an NHS Clinical Entrepreneur with an interest in digital health. She is currently working on a project using immersive technology to train obstetrics and gynaecology doctors with a focus on procedural and emergency skills.

Show Notes

06:52 Our early struggles with a career in medicine. “Imposter Syndrome”

12:31 Why psychiatry was a tough F2 job for Fatima

14:36 The ED is a suboptimal environment to manage mental health patients

16:46 Fatima’s decision to pursue obstetrics and gynaecology

18:43 Unsure what she wanted to do (O+G or general surgery?)… She bravely took a year off

20:55 Robbie’s post F2 career decisions. Going to Australia = game changer

24:08 Why EM is the right specialty for Robbie

24:50 The importance of less-than-full-time training for Robbie

27:30 Fatima’s struggles with O+G

31:12 Robbie’s experience of O+G as an F2. What it’s like witnessing an unanticipated stillbirth

35:06 Fatima’s journey to becoming an NHS Clinical Entrepreneur

37:07 Fatima meeting Professor Tony Young changed her career/Outline of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme

38:52 Robbie feels like an odd one out on the Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (in a good way)

29:36 The desire for creativity

42:10 Could the success of the Clinical Entrepreneur Programme have an influence on medical training?

Want more from Fatima?

@fatima_alzara on twitter

@fatima111 on instagram

Fatima on LinkedIn

Book recommendation

“Peak” by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool

Here is Robbie’s review of the book (blog post titled The “Deliberate Practice Mindset’)

This episode of PonderMed is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Hagen Gerofke.

Until next week.
Robbie
@Ponder_Med

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Clinical Entrepreneur Programme, Deliberate Practice, Fatima Ahmed, Immersive technology, Imposter Syndrome, Medical Training, Obs and Gynae, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Peak, Professor Tony Young, Unplanned conversation

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