Pamela Mendya Mirr
Port Moresby,Papua New Guinea
Summary
Experienced Tuberculosis Clinician and Clinical Mentor. Motivated and aspiring to be an Infectious Disease/Public Health Specialist.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Tuberculosis (TB) Clinical Mentor
Burnet Institute
Port Moresby, National Capital District
08.2021 - 07.2023
- Provide high quality technical support for capacity building and improvement of TB models of care within National TB program including support to establish new active case-finding activities, clinical services, and TB prevention activities as required
- Support, liaise and collaborate with all TB program aspects as required including health information system, laboratory, pharmacy/drug forecasting and radiology
- Contribute to community engagement activities where required
- Support decentralization and outreach activities as required including an emphasis on establishing a community-based model of care
- Participate and engage in ongoing professional development activities like case discussions, education sessions and online training courses
Tuberculosis (TB) Clinical Officer
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
Port Moresby, National Capital District
04.2019 - 08.2021
- Identify TB cases through active case finding activities; include cough triage, contact tracing and TB suspect evaluations
- Manage TB patients applying accepted standards
- Record all patient encounters to ensure continuity of care
- Explain diagnosis, its impact and treatment to patients and their families
- Assist NDOH staff in implementation of standardized TB suspect evaluation and treatment protocols for management of DS-DR- TB
- Asses and treat patients with drug sensitive and drug resistant TB, referred by outreach program in collaboration with expatriate doctor
- Maintaining accurate clinic records, including TB suspect and TB treatment register
- Undertake clinical consultations and support of Home DOTS, working together with Out-Reach Team
- Visit peripheral BMU (Basic management units) to ensure efficient TB case finding and supporting provision of DOT (technical support and supervision)
- Support and actively participate in other outreach activity such as TB Health Awareness, community talks, trainings etc
- Support Community Health Worker (CHW) in collaboration with TB Doctor, nursing activities and outreach manager
- Provide relevant feedback to MSF management, in scope of responsibilities, to ensure that objectives are met effectively
- Assist strengthening of holistic approach (multidisciplinary team) to manage TB, taking all aspects of disease into account, for patients, their families and communities.
Resident Health Extension Officer (RHEO)
Nonga General Hospital
Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
01.2017 - 02.2019
- Accidents & Emergency - Manage medical emergency cases
- Internal Medicine/Disease Control - Manage common infectious, lifestyle diseases other medical conditions common in PNG
- Paediatrics - Manage common child Illnesses in Papua New Guinea at Children's Outpatient Department, Children's Ward and Special Care Nursery
- General Surgery - Manage emergency and elective general surgical cases
- Obstetrics & Gynecology (O&G) - Manage O&G of emergency and elective cases in collaboration with O&G specialist
- Anesthesia - Pre& Post-operative management
- Rural Clinical Practice - Rural health facility engagement
- Public Health Research - Child Nutrition: Assessing level of knowledge for mothers about child's nutrition in rural setting of Papua New Guinea: November 2018 - January 2019, Kerevat Rural Hospital, Gazelle District, East New Britain Province.
Education
Master of Infectious Disease Intelligence
University of New South Wales
Sydney, NSW12-2024
Bachelor of Science: Health Sciences -Rural Health -
Divine Word University
Madang Campus, PNG11.2016
Higher Secondary School Certificate -
Mt. Hagen Secondary School
Mt.Hagen, Western Highlands Province, PNG12.2011
Skills
- Leadership and Mentoring Abilities
- Communication Skills
- Critical reasoning
- Teamwork
- Time management
Timeline
Tuberculosis (TB) Clinical Mentor
Burnet Institute
08.2021 - 07.2023
Tuberculosis (TB) Clinical Officer
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
04.2019 - 08.2021
Resident Health Extension Officer (RHEO)
Nonga General Hospital
01.2017 - 02.2019
Master of Infectious Disease Intelligence
University of New South Wales
Bachelor of Science: Health Sciences -Rural Health -
Divine Word University
Higher Secondary School Certificate -
Mt. Hagen Secondary School
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